{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seeds-regulations-1993/schedule-2/paragraph-3A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seeds-regulations-1993/schedule-2/paragraph-3A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2008",
  "legislation_title": "The Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seeds-regulations-1993",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the case of Certified Seed of a Conservation Variety the Ministers may refuse to issue an official certificate in respect of a seed lot if it appears to them that—\n(a) a sample of the seed lot taken for the purpose of an examination in order to ascertain whether the seed lot meets the appropriate standards set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Part II of Schedule 4 has not been taken in accordance with the requirements contained in Schedule 5;\n(b) official post control shows that the seed does not have sufficient varietal purity; or\n(c) there has been any breach of seeds regulations in relation to the seed lot in respect of which an application for an official certificate has been made.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3A inserted (S.) (31.12.2010) by The Vegetable Seeds Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/425), regs. 1(1), 10(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2008/schedule/2/paragraph/3A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:08.334731+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."
}