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The Vegetable Seed (Wales) Regulations 2005
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- Wales Statutory Instruments
- 2005 No. 3035 (W. 223)
- PART IV
- Regulation 27
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- Regulations revoked by S.I. 2012/245 reg. 34(b)
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Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Instrument (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 4 Pt. 5 inserted by S.I. 2011/994 reg. 8
- Sch. 4 para. 3(aa)(bb)(cc) substituted for Sch. 4 Table para. 3(aa)(bb) by S.I. 2007/2747 reg. 6(5)(a)
- Sch. 4 para. 4(1)(aa)(bb)(cc) substituted for Sch. 4 Table para. 4(1)(aa)(bb) by S.I. 2007/2747 reg. 6(5)(b)
- Sch. 8 Pt. 7 inserted by S.I. 2007/119 reg. 6(8)(b)
- Sch. 8 Pt. 8 9 inserted by S.I. 2011/994 reg. 9
- Sch. 8 para. 30 heading word substituted by S.I. 2007/2747 reg. 6(7)
- reg. 19A-19C inserted by S.I. 2011/994 reg. 4
- reg. 22(1A) inserted by S.I. 2007/119 reg. 6(4)(a)
- reg. 22(7) inserted by S.I. 2011/994 reg. 5(1)
- reg. 23(2)(d) and word inserted by S.I. 2007/119 reg. 6(5)(a)
- reg. 23(13) added by S.I. 2007/119 reg. 6(5)(c)
- reg. 25(1)(d) and word inserted by S.I. 2007/119 reg. 6(6)(a)
- reg. 25(1)(e)(f) inserted by S.I. 2011/994 reg. 6(1)
- reg. 25(12A) inserted by S.I. 2007/119 reg. 6(6)(c)
- reg. 25(16A)(16B) inserted by S.I. 2011/994 reg. 6(3)
- reg. 26A inserted by S.I. 2007/119 reg. 6(7)
Civil liability of sellers of seedsE+W
27.—(1) Particulars given to a purchaser by the seller of seed in pursuance of these Regulations, whether given expressly or by implication arising from the description under which the seed is sold, shall constitute a statutory warranty for the purpose of section 17 of the Act in so far as they relate to the category of seed, the percentage germination of the seed, the percentage analytical purity of the seed, the content of seed of other plant species and the varietal identity and varietal purity of the seed or, in the case of a mixture of seed permitted by regulation 21, of each of its constituents to which these Regulations apply.
(2) Section 17(2) of the Act shall apply to any particulars given to a purchaser by the seller of seed, being particulars given or implied as in paragraph (1), in so far as they relate to the percentage germination, the percentage analytical purity or the content of seed of other plant species and there are hereby prescribed in respect of such matters the limits of variation set out in Schedule 9.
(3) Section 17(3) of the Act shall apply to any particulars given to a purchaser by the seller of the seed, being particulars given or implied as in paragraph (1), in so far as they relate to the percentage germination, the percentage analytical purity or the content of seed of other plant species.
(4) A purchaser who intends to obtain a test of seed for the purposes of section 17(3) of the Act shall, not more than ten days after delivery to the purchaser of the seed, give to the seller notice of the purchaser's intention and thereupon the seller may indicate a day (not being more than twenty-one days after the delivery of the seed to the purchaser) and a reasonable time on that day at which a sample of the seed may be taken in the presence of the seller or the seller's representative and the purchaser shall afford to the seller reasonable facilities for that purpose.
(5) On the day and at the time appointed by the seller in accordance with paragraph (4) or, if the seller shall have failed to appoint such a day and time, on a day not more than twenty-eight days after delivery of the seed to the purchaser, the purchaser or the puchasor's representative may, and if the seller or the seller's representative is present shall, take a sample of seed.
(6) A sample taken in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (5) shall be taken and divided by the purchaser or the purchaser's representative into two parts in accordance with the requirements contained in Schedule 5 of the Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005, of which one part shall be sent to the chief officer of an official testing station for the purpose of being tested and the other part delivered or tendered to the seller or the seller's representative or, if the seller or the seller's representative was not present when the sample was taken, sent to the seller by post.
(7) Where a sample is taken in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (5) and divided into two parts in accordance with paragraph (6) each part of the divided sample shall be of at least the appropriate minimum weight specified in Schedule 7 (lots and sample weights) of these Regulations.
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