{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-registration-licensing-and-enforcement-england-regulations-2002/schedule-5/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-registration-licensing-and-enforcement-england-regulations-2002/schedule-5/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3176",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-registration-licensing-and-enforcement-england-regulations-2002",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Dynamic spear sampler",
  "text": "In sampling seed of the species specified in column (1) of the following table a dynamic spear sampler shall be used of a type specified in column (2) and the type of spear used in respect of each species shall not be smaller than the type specified in the corresponding entry in column (2)—\n(1)\n(2)\nSpecies of seed\nType of dynamic spear sampler\nAlaska brome-grass\nB\nAlsike clover\nA\nAnnual meadowgrass\nA\nAsparagus\nB\nBarley\nB\nBeetroot\nB\nBirdsfoot trefoil\nA\nBlack medick\nA\nBlack mustard\nA\nBlue lupin (narrow leaved lupin)\nC\nBorecole\nA\nBroad bean\nD\nBrown mustard\nA\nBrown top\nA\nBrussels sprouts\nA\nCabbage\nA\nCalabrese\nA\nCarrot\nA\nCauliflower\nA\nCeleriac\nA\nCelery\nA\nChard\nA\nCheltenham beet\nB\nChicory\nA\nChinese cabbage\nA\nCocksfoot\nB\nCommon vetch\nC\nCreeping bent\nA\nCucumber\nB\nCurley kale\nA\nDurum wheat\nB\nEndive\nA\nFestulolium\nB\nField bean\nC\nField pea (fodder pea)\nB\nFlax or linseed\nB\nFodder beet\nB\nFodder kale\nA\nFodder radish\nA\nFodder rape\nA\nFrench bean\nD\nGerkin\nB\nGourd\nC\nHairy vetch\nC\nHungarian vetch\nC\nHybrid ryegrass\nB\nItalian ryegrass (including Westerwolds)\nB\nKohl rabi\nA\nLeaf beet\nB\nLeek\nA\nLettuce\nA\nLinseed or flax\nB\nLucerne\nA\nMaize\nC\nMangel\nB\nMarrow\nC\nMeadow fescue\nB\nMelon\nB\nNarrow leaved lupin (blue lupin)\nC\nOats\nB\nOilseed rape\nA\nOnion\nA\nParsley\nA\nPea (vegetable)\nC\nPerennial ryegrass\nB\nRadish\nA\nRed beet (beetroot)\nB\nRed cabbage\nA\nRed clover\nA\nRed fescue\nB\nRed top\nA\nRescue grass\nB\nRough-stalked meadowgrass\nA\nRunner bean\nD\nRye\nB\nSavoy cabbage\nA\nSainfoin\nB\nSheep’s fescue\nB\nSmall timothy\nA\nSmooth-stalked meadowgrass\nA\nSoya bean\nC\nSpelt wheat\nB\nSpinach\nB\nSpinach beet\nB\nSprouting broccoli\nA\nSugar beet\nB\nSunflower\nC\nSwede\nA\nSwede rape\nA\nTall fescue\nB\nTall oatgrass\nB\nTimothy\nA\nTomato\nA\nTrefoil\nA\nTriticale\nB\nTurnip\nA\nTurnip rape\nA\nVelvet bent\nA\nWheat\nB\nWood meadowgrass\nA\nWhite lupin\nC\nWhite clover\nA\nWhite mustard\nA\nYellow lupin\nC",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/2390",
      "affecting_title": "The Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/2390",
      "affecting_title": "The Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/1872",
      "affecting_title": "The Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/3101",
      "affecting_title": "The Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3176/schedule/5/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:35:20.550443+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."
}