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The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015
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PART 3U.K.Seed potatoes capable of being marketed as certified seed potatoes
In the course of making a determination for the purposes of paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 1, where an authorised officer determines that seed potatoes are capable of being marketed as certified seed potatoes, that officer may grade them as seed potatoes of any of the [F1GB] grades specified in column 1 of Table 3 where that officer is satisfied following inspection that the requirements specified in column 2 in relation to that grade have been met and that the tolerances specified in column 3 have not been exceeded in respect of those seed potatoes.
Table 3
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| [F2GB] grade | Requirements | Tolerances |
| A | The seed potatoes must be produced— | |
| (a) directly from pre-basic seed potatoes, basic seed potatoes or certified seed potatoes that have been graded [F3GB grade A or equivalent grade] field generation eight; or | (i) Potato viruses Y, A and leaf roll either individually or in combination - 2.0% | |
| (b) from a crop grown with the authority of or in circumstances notified in writing by the Secretary of State as being acceptable to the Secretary of State. | (ii) Other viruses - 2.0% | |
| (iii) Combination of potato viruses Y, A and leaf roll and other viruses - 2.0% | ||
| (iv) Blackleg - 2.0% | ||
| (v) Deviations from variety and type or different variety, including groundkeepers -0.2% | ||
| B | The seed potatoes must be produced— | |
| (a) directly from pre-basic seed potatoes, basic seed potatoes, certified seed potatoes that have been graded [F3GB grade A or equivalent grade] field generation eight or certified seed potatoes that have been graded [F4[F5GB] grade B or equivalent Union grade] field generation eight; or | (i) Potato viruses Y, A and leaf roll either individually or in combination - 6.0% | |
| (b) from a crop grown with the authority of or in circumstances notified in writing by the Secretary of State as being acceptable to the Secretary of State. | (ii) Other viruses - 6.0% | |
| (iii) Combination of potato viruses Y, A and leaf roll and other viruses - 6.0% | ||
| (iv) Blackleg - 4.0% | ||
| (v) Deviations from variety and type or different variety, including groundkeepers -0.5% |
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 4 Pt. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/809), regs. 1(b), 7(21)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 21(4)(o)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in Sch. 4 Pt. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/809), regs. 1(b), 7(21)(b)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 21(4)(o)(ii)(aa)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/809), regs. 1(b), 7(21)(b)(ii)(aa) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 21(4)(o)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/809), regs. 1(b), 7(21)(b)(ii)(bb) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 21(4)(o)(ii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Word in Sch. 4 Pt. 3 substituted (20.4.2021) by The Official Controls, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/426), regs. 1(2), 7(3)(b)
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