{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-43",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-43.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/43",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Requirements for a varietal association",
  "text": "(1) Seed marketed as a varietal association must comply with this paragraph.\n(2) The varietal association must be an association of certified CS seed of a specified pollinator-dependant hybrid variety with certified CS seed of one or more specified pollinator varieties both of which have been accepted on to the GB Variety List.\n(3) The seed of the female and male components of a varietal association must have been dressed using seed dressings of different colours.\n(4) The seed must be mechanically combined in the proportions jointly determined by the persons responsible for the maintenance of these components.\n(5) The proportions must be notified to the Secretary of State by the person responsible for the maintenance of the pollinator-dependent hybrid and pollinators with the varietal association.\n(6) In this paragraph—\n(a) “pollinator-dependent hybrid” means the male-sterile component within the varietal association (female component);\n(b) “pollinator” means a component shedding pollen within a varietal association.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 43(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/131, regs. 1(b), 7(13)(e) (as substituted by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 29(5)(i)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/463/schedule/2/paragraph/43",
    "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."
}