{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seeds-regulations-1993/schedule-4/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seeds-regulations-1993/schedule-4/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2008",
  "legislation_title": "The Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seeds-regulations-1993",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Varietal purity standards",
  "text": "(a) for crops of those Groups listed in the first column of the table, the minimum varietal purity standards must be:—\nKind\nVarietal purity percentage by number in crops to produce\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed\nKale Group (including Curly Kale and Borecole)\nCauliflower Group\nCapitata Group (Red cabbage and White cabbage)\nBrussels Sprouts Group\nKohlrabi Group\nSavoy Cabbage Group\nBroccoli Group (calabrese type and sprouting type)\nPalm Kale Group\nTronchuda Group (Portuguese cabbage)\n99.8\n99.5\nChinese Cabbage Group\nVegetable Turnip Group\n99.7\n98.0\nDwarf French Bean Group\nClimbing French Bean Group\n99.8\n99.0\nBroad Beans\n99.7\n99.0\nRound Pea Group\nWrinkled Pea Group\nSugar Pea Group\n99.995\n99.995\n(b) Within the standards laid down in (a) above the maximum percentage of flower colour off-types shall not exceed the percentages here specified:—\nKind\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed\nDwarf French Bean Group\nClimbing French Bean Group\n0.1\n0.5\nBroad Beans\nNIL\nNIL\nRound Pea Group\nWrinkled Pea Group\nSugar Pea Group\nNIL\nNIL",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (E.) (31.1.2003) by The Vegetable Seed (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3175), regs. 1, 32(1)(a) (with reg. 32(2)(3)) and (W.) (18.11.2005) by The Vegetable Seed (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3035), reg. 32(1)(a) (with reg. 32(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 8(a) substituted (S.) (1.7.2020) by The Seed and Plant Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/165), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)(iii)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 8(b) Table substituted (S.) (1.7.2020) by The Seed and Plant Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/165), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)(iii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 8 in force at 1.9.1993, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2008/schedule/4/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}