{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-regulations-2001/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-regulations-2001/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3510",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Application of provisions of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964",
  "text": "(1) As respects Great Britain, the following provisions of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as they apply for the purposes of seeds Regulations having effect under Part II of that Act and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in them to seeds Regulations or to that Part shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations and any reference to a person duly authorised by the Minister or to an authorised officer shall be taken to be references to an authorised officer within the meaning of these Regulations—\nsection 25 (powers of entry);\nsection 26 (use of samples in criminal proceedings);\nsection 27 (tampering with samples);\nsection 28 (institution of criminal proceedings), subject to the modification that it shall apply to proceedings in respect of any offence under these Regulations as it applies to the proceedings to which it refers;\nsection 29(1) (application of Part II to seed potatoes); and\nsection 30(2) (interpretation of Part II: contravention and failure of compliance).\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 5 (with savings and transitional provisions in S.R. 2020/302, reg. 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 21(2) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3510/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:26:27.484932+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."
}