{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/463",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Marketing Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Higher voluntary standards for cereals",
  "text": "(1) Barley, oats, wheat (including durum wheat and spelt wheat) or naked oats classified as basic seed, or certified seed of categories C1 or C2, may be marketed as being of a higher voluntary standard, which is a standard higher than that regulated under Chapter 1, if it meets the higher standards in this Chapter.\n(2) The crop must have at least 99.99% (by number) species purity.\n(3) Other than a hybrid, the minimum varietal purity of seed is—\n(a) 99.95% for basic seed;\n(b) 99.9% for C1 seed;\n(c) 99.7% for C2 seed.\n(4) In the case of C1 and C2 the seed must have 99% by weight analytical purity.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/463/schedule/2/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:16:01.369601+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}