{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/240",
  "legislation_title": "Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Miscellaneous amendments",
  "text": "(1) The Regulations referred to in paragraph (2) shall be amended in accordance with that paragraph.\n(2) For the letters “EEC”, in each place where they occur in the following provisions, there shall be substituted the letters “EC”—\nVegetable Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994, Schedule 6;\nBeet Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994, regulations 3, 5, 8 and 9 and Schedule 6;\nFodder Plant Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994, regulations 3, 5, 8 and 9 and Schedule 6;\nCereal Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994, Schedule 6; and\nOil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994, Schedule 6.\n(3) Labels printed prior to the coming into operation of these Regulations which contain particulars which have been amended by this regulation may continue to be used until 31st December 2001.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked for specified purposes (31.12.2009) by The Cereal Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/383), regs. 1, 32(2)(a) (with reg. 32(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Regulations revoked for specified purposes (31.12.2009) by The Beet Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/384), regs. 1, 29(2)(a) (with reg. 29(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Regulations revoked for specified purposes (31.12.2009) by The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/385), regs. 1, 33(2)(a) (with reg. 33(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Regulations revoked for specified purposes (31.12.2009) by The Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/386), regs. 1, 32(2)(a) (with reg. 32(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Regulations revoked for specified purposes (31.12.2009) by The Vegetable Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/387), regs. 1, 32(2)(a) (with reg. 32(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 1.7.1997, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1994 No. 250 to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 1994 No. 251"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. 1994 No. 254 to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/240/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:28:50.277096+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."
}