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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-registration-licensing-and-enforcement-england-regulations-2002/schedule-5/paragraph-7",
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  "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/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Sampling from small containers",
  "text": "When seed is in moisture-proof containers the opened or pierced container shall be adequately closed or the residues from sampling transferred to new containers. When seeds are in packets of 100g or less each packet may be considered as a primary sample and sufficient shall be taken at random to obtain a submitted sample of the prescribed minimum weight.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "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/7",
    "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."
}