{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-variety-lists-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-variety-lists-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2020/302",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (Variety Lists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-variety-lists-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Duration of acceptance of plant varieties",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following paragraphs and regulation 15, the acceptance of a variety under regulation 5 is valid until the end of the tenth calendar year following acceptance.\n(2) Provided the requirements of distinctness, uniformity and stability are still satisfied in respect of a variety the Department may renew acceptance of the variety if it is satisfied that cultivation of the variety is on such a scale as to justify renewed acceptance.\n(3) The Department may determine an application for renewal of acceptance of a variety notwithstanding that any fee payable under regulation 11 in relation to the variety, whether in connection with that renewal or any other matter, has not been paid.\n(4) An application for renewal of acceptance of a variety shall be made not later than two years before the date on which the acceptance is due to expire.\n(5) Acceptance of a variety may be renewed more than once in accordance with this regulation.\n(6) If an application for renewal of acceptance of a variety in accordance with this regulation has been made not later than two years before the date on which the acceptance is due to expire and the Department has not determined the application before that date, the Department may provisionally renew the acceptance for a reasonable period extending after that date to enable it to determine the application.\n(7) The Department shall inform the applicant of a determination made by it under this regulation relating to the application and of the reasons for the determination.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/302/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:41:23.519524+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."
}