Sealing of packages
24.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a person shall not seal a package of officially certified pre-basic, basic or CS seed except a person to whom paragraph (4) applies.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the sealing of a small package of officially certified pre-basic, basic or CS seed.
(3) Subject to paragraph (5), a person shall not reseal a package (including a small package) of officially certified pre-basic, basic or CS seed except a person to whom paragraph (4) applies.
(4) This paragraph applies to—
(a)an authorised officer and any person being supervised by such a person, and
(b)a licensed seed sampler and any person being supervised by such a person.
(5) Paragraph (4) shall not apply where a package has been resealed which had previously been opened by the final consumer of the seed for the purpose of using some of the seed in the package.