{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-act-northern-ireland-1965/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-act-northern-ireland-1965/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1965/22",
  "legislation_title": "Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-act-northern-ireland-1965",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act,—\n“authorised officer” means an officer of the Ministry or a person authorised by the Ministry to exercise or perform functions under this Act;\n“licensed testing establishment” means an establishment licensed under seeds regulations for the testing of seeds;\n“Ministry” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1);\n“official testing station” means an official seed testing station maintained by the Ministry under this Act;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by seeds regulations;\n“seeds” includes agricultural and horticultural seeds, vegetable seeds, flower seeds, seeds of grasses, whether used for agricultural purposes or other purposes, and seeds of trees;\n“statutory statement” means a statement given in pursuance of seeds regulations, whether the statement be in the form of a notice or other document, or in the form of particulars given on any label or container or package, or in any other form, and a statement delivered under section 8(4).\n(2) In this Act references to a contravention of any provision contained in this Act or in seeds regulations include references to anything which, by the regulations, is expressed to be an offence against a provision contained in the regulations and also include references to any failure to comply with a condition subject to which an exemption is granted by or under seeds regulations.\n(3) In this Act any reference to an offence under this Act includes, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a contravention of any provision contained in seeds regulations.\n(4) References in this Act to seeds are references to seeds for sowing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 14(2) 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/14",
    "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."
}