{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-23.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/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Meaning of “basic seed”",
  "text": "(1) Basic seed is seed of—\n(a) bred varieties; or\n(b) local varieties.\n(2) Seed of bred varieties is seed—\n(a) produced under the responsibility of the breeder according to well-defined practices for the maintenance of the variety;\n(b) intended for the production of certified seed.\n(3) Seed of local varieties is seed—\n(a) produced under official control from material officially accepted as being of the local variety on one or more holdings situated within a clearly demarcated region of origin;\n(b) intended for the production of certified seed.",
  "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/23",
    "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."
}