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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/190",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "On receipt of an application made in accordance with regulation 7, the Department shall—\n(a) allocate to the person making the application a producer's identification number (where one does not already exist for that person);\n(b) conduct an official examination of the seed potatoes in order to determine whether the seed potatoes satisfy the requirements for certification as basic seed potatoes in accordance with regulation 10; and\n(c) subject to paragraph 3 and regulation 7, issue an authorisation to market seed potatoes for test or trial purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1030",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/190/schedule/5/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:56:47.729828+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."
}