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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-registration-licensing-and-enforcement-england-regulations-2002/schedule-5/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3176",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2002",
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  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Condition of the Seed Lot",
  "text": "When the seed lot is in sacks or similar sized containers each containing at least 15 kg of seed and not more than 100 kg of seed, the maximum number of containers to be sampled shall be in accordance with the following table—\nNumber of containers in the lot\nMinimum number of containers to be sampled\n1–4\n3 primary samples from each container\n5–8\n2 primary samples from each container\n9–15\n1 primary sample from each container\n16–30\nA total of 15 primary samples with each sample being taken from a different container\n31–59\nA total of 20 primary samples with each sample being taken from a different container\n60 or more\nA total of 30 primary samples with each sample being taken from a different container",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3176/schedule/5/paragraph/4",
    "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."
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