UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed varietyN.I.
12.—(1) In these Regulations “UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety” means seed to which sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applies.
(2) This sub-paragraph applies to—
(a)seed of a listed variety officially certified as early movement basic seed by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or the National Assembly for Wales, and
(b)seed of a previously listed variety officially certified as early movement basic seed by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or the National Assembly for Wales and for which a marketing extension is in force.
(3) This sub-paragraph applies to—
(a)basic seed of a listed variety—
(i)that has been harvested from a crop produced in the United Kingdom for which a field inspection report has been issued stating that the crop has been found by an official UK field inspection (whenever carried out) to satisfy the conditions laid down in Schedule 3 and Part 1 of Schedule 4 for a crop from which basic seed is to be produced;
(ii)that, subject to sub-paragraph (iii), satisfies the conditions laid down in Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 4 for basic seed;
(iii)for which the results of a Schedule 4 germination test are awaited but for which a provisional analytical report has been obtained indicating what the percentage of germination of the seed is likely to be; and
(iv)for which a seed test report has been issued stating that it has been found, subject to the results of the awaited Schedule 4 germination test, by an official UK seed test or by a UK seed test carried out under official supervision (in either case whenever carried out) to satisfy the conditions laid down in Part 2 of Schedule 4 for basic seed;
(b)basic seed of a previously listed variety that complies with the requirements of sub-paragraph (a)(i) to (iv) and for which a marketing extension is in force;
(c)basic seed of a listed variety—
(i)that has been imported into the United Kingdom as not finally certified basic seed harvested in another member State, and
(ii)that complies with the requirements of sub-paragraph (a)(ii) to (iv); and
(d)basic seed of a previously listed variety—
(i)that has been imported into the United Kingdom as not finally certified basic seed harvested in another member State;
(ii)that complies with the requirements of paragraph (a)(ii) to (iv); and
(iii)for which a marketing extension is in force,
other than seed to which sub-paragraph (2) applies and seed for which an application for official certification has been made to the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or the National Assembly for Wales that has not been finally determined.
(4) Seed of a listed variety, or seed of a previously listed variety for which a marketing extension is in force, in respect of which a successful application has been made to the Department under regulation 13 to re-grade it as early movement basic seed.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 12 in operation at 31.12.2009, see reg. 1