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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2000/201",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Seed potatoes shall not be classified–\n(a) as Pre-basic TC seed potatoes, if the immediately succeeding crop produced from those potatoes is likely to contain–\n(i) plants of another variety; or\n(ii) virus affected plants;\n(b) as Pre-basic 1 or Pre-basic 2 seed potatoes, if, in relation to the immediately succeeding crop produced from those potatoes, the number of growing plants which–\n(i) deviate from variety and type, is likely to exceed 0.01% of the total number of plants in that crop; or\n(ii) show symptoms of mild or severe virus diseases attributable to infection in the mother crop, is likely to exceed 0.01% of that total number; or\n(c) as basic seed potatoes, if, in relation to the immediately succeeding crop produced from those potatoes, the number of growing plants which–\n(i) deviate from variety, is likely to exceed 0.1% of the total number of plants in that crop;\n(ii) deviate from variety and type, is likely to exceed 0.25% of that total number; or\n(iii) show symptoms of mild or severe virus diseases attributable to infection in the mother crop, is likely to exceed 4% of that total number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting_title": "The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/201/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:50:22.020320+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."
}