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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-4/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2000/201",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Pre-basic 1 and Pre-basic 2 and equivalent seed potatoes",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies–\n(a) to seed potatoes classified under these Regulations as being of the class Pre-basic 1 or Pre-basic 2; and\n(b) to seed potatoes produced outside Scotland which are approved by Scottish Ministers as being equivalent to that class.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies–\n(a) there shall be no deviation from variety;\n(b) the minimum size is 25 millimetres; and\n(c) the maximum variation in size between tubers in a lot is 25 millimetres.\n(3) For the purposes of determining whether any a lot of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies meets the requirements specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a), the variety of any seed potatoes shall be deemed to be as stated on the official label in respect of the lot, if, on a sample taken in accordance with regulation 16(3) and Schedule 9, the proportion of the weight of potatoes which deviate from variety does not exceed 0.01% of the total weight of the sample.\n(4) For the purposes of determining whether any a lot of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies meets the requirements specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b) or (c), the size of any seed potatoes shall be deemed to be as stated on the official label in respect of the lot, if, on a sample taken in accordance with regulation 16(3) and Schedule 9, the proportion of the weight of the potatoes which are–\n(i) smaller than the minimum size stated on the official label; and\n(ii) larger than the maximum size stated on the official label,\ndoes not exceed 2% of the total weight of the sample.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/280",
      "affecting_title": "The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/280",
      "affecting_title": "The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/280",
      "affecting_title": "The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/201/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}