{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-38.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": "schedule/2/paragraph/38",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "38",
  "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-dependent hybrid variety with certified CS seed of one or more specified pollinator varieties both of which have been accepted on to the NI 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 Department 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); and\n(b) “pollinator” means a component shedding pollen within a varietal association.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 38(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Variety Lists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/302), regs. 1, 26(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 38(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 50(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/244/schedule/2/paragraph/38",
    "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."
}