{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-act-northern-ireland-1965/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-act-northern-ireland-1965/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1965/22",
  "legislation_title": "Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-act-northern-ireland-1965",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Application of this Act to seed potatoes.",
  "text": "(1) This Act applies to seed potatoes [ to any other vegetative propagating material and to silvicultural planting material] as it applies to seeds, and accordingly, except where the context otherwise requires, references in this Act to seeds include references to seed potatoes [ to any other vegetative propagating material and to silvicultural planting material].\n[(2 The Ministry may establish and maintain an official seed testing station for silvicultural propagating and planting material.]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SRO (NI) 1972/351"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "SRO (NI) 1972/351"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 12(1) applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Variety Lists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/302), regs. 1, 22"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1965/22/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:29.257941+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."
}