The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Definitions of seed categories

    4. 4.Definition of marketing

    5. 5.Seed to which the Regulations apply

  3. PART II MARKETING

    1. 6.Marketing of seed

    2. 6A.Importation from a country granted equivalence

    3. 7.Marketing of seed of a Higher Voluntary Standard

    4. 8.Mixtures

    5. 9.Exception for scientific purposes or selection work

    6. 9A.Exception for test and trial seed

    7. 9B.Exception for Conservation Varieties

    8. 10.General exemptions

    9. 11.Marketing of officially certified lower germination seed

    10. 12.Marketing of early movement seed

    11. 13.Requirement for homogeneity

    12. 13A.Certification and labelling for export

  4. PART III PROCEDURES FOR ISSUING OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES

    1. 14.Applications for official certificates

    2. 15.Sampling

  5. PART IV PACKAGING AND LABELLING REQUIREMENTS FOR FULLY CERTIFIED SEED

    1. 16.Sealing of packages of fully certified seed

    2. 17.Labelling of packages of fully certified seed

    3. 18.Marketing of unpacketed seed

    4. 19.Marketing of Excepted Seed Marketed in Bulk

  6. PART V PROCEDURES FOR ISSUING BREEDER'S CONFIRMATIONS

    1. 20.Breeder’s confirmations

  7. PART VI PACKAGING AND LABELLING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO BREEDER'S CONFIRMATION

    1. 21.Sealing of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation

    2. 22.Labelling of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation

  8. PART VII MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 23.Comparative tests and trials

    2. 24.Civil liabilities of sellers of seed

    3. 25.Service of notices

    4. 26.Written and electronic communication

    5. 26A.Certification in a Crown Dependency or a country granted equivalence

    6. 26B.Transitional provision for official labels on IP completion day

    7. 27.Amendment to the Seeds (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2002

    8. 28.Revocations and supplementary provisions

  9. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      SPECIES OF SEED TO WHICH THE REGULATIONS APPLY

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES AND BREEDER'S CONFIRMATIONS

      1. PART I OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES

        1. 1.Applications for seed harvested in the United Kingdom

        2. 2.When applications will be refused

        3. 3.When applications may be refused

        4. 4.Applications for seed harvested outside the United Kingdom

      2. PART II BREEDER'S CONFIRMATIONS

        1. 5.Applications

        2. 6.When applications will be refused

        3. 7.When applications may be refused

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      PARTICULARS TO BE SPECIFIED IN AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OR A BREEDER'S CONFIRMATION

      1. 1.Particulars to be specified in an official certificate

      2. 2.Particulars to be specified in a breeder’s confirmation

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      REQUIREMENTS FOR PRE BASIC SEED, BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION AND CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION

      1. PART I CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS OBTAINED

        1. 1.Methods of ascertaining whether crop requirements are met

        2. 2.Varietal identity and varietal purity

        3. 3.Crop inspection

        4. 4.Pests in the crop

        5. 5.Previous cropping

        6. 6.Isolation distances – general

        7. 7.Isolation distances — minimum distances

        8. 8.Standards for varietal purity

        9. 9.Standards for wild oats contamination

        10. 10.Standards for other cereal species

        11. 11.Crop standards for loose smut infection

        12. 12.Crop conditions for Pre basic Seed

      2. PART II CONDITIONS RELATING TO BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION AND CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION

        1. 13.Standards for varietal purity

        2. 14.Production of Certified Seed of hybrids of maize

        3. 15.Standards for varietal purity for hybrid varieties of rye and cytoplasmic male sterility hybrid varieties of barley

        4. 16.Standards of germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species

        5. 17.Pests in the seed

        6. 18.Standards for loose smut infection

        7. 19.Moisture content

      3. PART III OFFICIAL EXAMINATIONS USED TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER A CROP OR SEED LOT MEETS THE CONDITIONS RELATING TO BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION AND CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION

        1. 20.Methods for official examinations

    5. SCHEDULE 4A

      STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION OF CONSERVATION VARIETIES

      1. PART I OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES

        1. 1.Applications for seed harvested in the United Kingdom

        2. 2.When applications will be refused

        3. 3.When applications may be refused

      2. PART II PARTICULARS TO BE SPECIFIED IN AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE

      3. PART III CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS OBTAINED

        1. 1.Varietal identity and varietal purity

        2. 2.Harmful organisms in the seed

        3. 3.Standards for loose smut infection

      4. PART IV CONDITIONS RELATING TO SEED OF A CONSERVATION VARIETY

        1. 1.Standards of germination, analytical purity and content of seed of ...

        2. 2.Harmful organisms in the seed

        3. 3.Standards for loose smut infection

        4. 4.Moisture content

        5. 5.Varietal purity

      5. PART V EXAMINATIONS

    6. SCHEDULE 5

      1. PART I SAMPLING OF SEED LOTS

        1. 1.Definitions

        2. 2.Obtaining a submitted sample

        3. 3.Primary sample size

        4. 4.Condition of the seed lot

        5. 5.Seed lot containers

        6. 6.Sampling from sacks – minimum number of containers to be sampled

        7. 7.Sampling from sacks or similar containers

        8. 8.Sampling from small containers – general

        9. 9.Sampling from small containers – moisture proof containers

        10. 10.Sampling from small containers – primary samples

        11. 11.Sampling from large containers

        12. 12.Sampling of seed lots intended to be Excepted Seed Marketed in Bulk

        13. 13.Sampling from a seed stream

        14. 14.Sampling instruments – general

        15. 15.Sampling instruments – instruments and methods

        16. 16.Sampling instruments – power to allow other instruments and methods

        17. 17.Sampling instruments – instruments for drawing primary samples

        18. 18.Methods of use of dynamic spear samplers, stick samplers, cargo samplers and seed stream samplers – general

        19. 19.Methods of use of dynamic spear samplers, stick samplers, cargo samplers and seed stream samplers – specific

        20. 20.Obtaining a sample for moisture tests

        21. 21.Obtaining a submitted sample – composite sample division instruments

        22. 22.Method of use of riffle divider

        23. 23.Method of use of a centrifugal divider

      2. PART II MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF A SEED LOT AND MINIMUM WEIGHT OF A SUBMITTED SAMPLE

        1. 24.Maximum weight of a seed lot

        2. 25.Margin by which seed lots can exceed maximum weight

        3. 26.Maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a sample

    7. SCHEDULE 6

      1. PART I GENERAL

        1. 1.Method of referring to species of seed

        2. 2.Method of referring to varieties of seed

      2. PART II LABELS

        1. 3.Label for a package of Breeder’s Seed

        2. 4.Official label for a package of Pre-basic Seed

        3. 5.Official label for a package of Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation

        4. 6.Official label for a package of a mixture of seeds to which regulation 8 applies

        5. 6A.Official label for a package of test and trial seed

        6. 6B.Official label for a package of seed of a Conservation Variety

      3. PART III SMALL PACKAGES

        1. 7.Label for a small package of Pre basic Seed, Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation

        2. 8.Label for a small package of a mixture of seeds to which regulation 8 applies

      4. PART IV PARTICULARS TO BE MARKED OR DISPLAYED ON THE SALE OF UNPACKETED SEED

        1. 9.Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpacketed seed which is not a mixture of seeds to which regulation 8 applies

        2. 10.Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpacketed seed which is a mixture to which regulation 8 applies

      5. PART V INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF SEED IMPORTED FROM COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PACKAGES EXCEEDING 2 KILOGRAMS NET WEIGHT

        1. 11.Information to be supplied in respect of seed imported from a country outside the United Kingdom in a package exceeding 2 kilograms net weight

      6. PART VI PRINTING OF SPECIFIED MATTERS ON PACKAGES (WHOLE BAG LABELLING)

        1. 12.Packages sealed in Scotland – printers' returns

        2. 13.Packages sealed in Scotland – individual serial numbers

        3. 14.Packages sealed in Scotland – printing or stamping

        4. 15.Packages sealed in Scotland – particulars to be included in the printing or stamp

        5. 16.Seed packages sealed in the United Kingdom but not in Scotland, or outside the United Kingdom

    8. SCHEDULE 7

      LIMITS OF VARIATION

      1. GERMINATION

      2. ANALYTICAL PURITY

      3. NUMBER OF SEEDS OF OTHER SPECIES

    9. SCHEDULE 8

      REVOCATIONS

    10. SCHEDULE 9

      DEFINITION OF CEREAL SEED DIRECTIVE

  11. Explanatory Note