{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/244",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Marketing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Licences for temporary experiments",
  "text": "(1) The Department may by licence exempt any person or class of person from compliance with any provision of these Regulations for the purpose of a temporary experiment—\n(a) organised under—\n(i) Article 19 of Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed;\n(ii) Article 13a of Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed;\n(iii) Article 16 of Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants;\n(iv) Article 33 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed; or\n(b) in the case of fodder seed, seeking improved alternatives to provisions of these Regulations organised in accordance with regulations made under section 2(4) of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965.\n(2) The duration of an experiment shall not exceed 7 years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 22 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed Marketing and Fertilisers (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/319), regs. 1, 3(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/244/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:56:05.592071+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."
}