{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-14.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/4/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Marketing imported seed to be labelled as HVS",
  "text": "(1) Seed certified in another European Single Market State or country that has been granted equivalence may be marketed as meeting a higher voluntary standard in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) A sample must be submitted to the Department for testing, and the Department, if satisfied that the sample meets the higher voluntary standard, must issue a certificate confirming this.\n(3) The seed must be re-labelled using—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) an OECD label if the seed has been imported from a country that has been granted equivalence country,\nand ... the country of production must be stated on the label.\n(4) Seed imported pending inclusion in the NI Variety List or not finally certified in the country of production may be verified as being of a higher voluntary standard and re-graded after listing or final certification.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Sch. 4 substituted (7.1.2019) by The Pesticides, Genetically Modified Organisms and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/188), regs. 1(1), 12(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed Marketing and Fertilisers (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/319), regs. 1, 3(h)(vii)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(a) 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), 52(j)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed Marketing and Fertilisers (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/319), regs. 1, 3(h)(vii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(3) 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), 52(j)(ii)(cc); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 14 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Variety Lists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/302), regs. 1, 26(1)(e)(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/244/schedule/4/paragraph/14",
    "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."
}