{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-registration-licensing-and-enforcement-england-regulations-2002/schedule-5/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-registration-licensing-and-enforcement-england-regulations-2002/schedule-5/paragraph-23.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/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Multi-chamber type stick sampler",
  "text": "In the case of a multi-chamber type stick sampler—\n(a) the apertures shall be closed before insertion;\n(b) the instrument shall be inserted diagonally into sacks or vertically into large containers so that all apertures are fully covered;\n(c) the apertures shall be opened;\n(d) the instrument shall be agitated so that seed enters;\n(e) the apertures shall be closed gently to ensure that trapped seed is not broken or damaged;\n(f) the instrument shall be withdrawn and if the chambers are full the contents shall be emptied onto a clean surface or into a clean container; and\n(g) if all the chambers are not full, the contents shall be discarded and procedures specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) shall be repeated.",
  "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/23",
    "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."
}