[jimnotgym]

It is a law, but one for which there is a simple work around, thankfully.

There are several companies that sell 'heritage' seeds, and they exist as a seed swapping 'club'. A penny of your purchase is for club membership. Here is a rather fine example scroll to 'Our Seed Club'. Lovely company to deal with too

https://www.realseeds.co.uk/terms.html

[flir]

Note: If you're thinking of dealing with Real Seeds this year, get in early - they produce limited amounts of seed, and they do sell out.