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24.—(1) In regulation 15(1) for “Subject to paragraph (2)” substitute “Subject to paragraphs (2), (4) and (5)”.
(2) In regulation 15(3) delete “from a third country”; and
(3) After regulation 15(3) insert—
“(4) Seeds to which these regulations apply which have been imported may only be marketed in Northern Ireland if accompanied by a document stating—
(a)that the seed has been produced from a crop which has been found to be free of plants of wild oats at the time of an official examination and that in addition a one kilogram sample of seed drawn in accordance with the method laid down in Schedule 5 of the Seeds (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, has been found free of seed of wild oats at the time of an official examination; or
(b)that a three kilogram sample of the seed drawn in accordance with the method laid down in Schedule 5 of the Seeds (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 has been found to be free from wild oats at an official examination.
(5) In relation to seed to which paragraph (4) applies—
(a)the Department may draw a sample in accordance with the method laid down in Schedule 5 of the Seeds (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, for the purpose of revealing the presence of wild oats;
(b)where a sample drawn pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) is found to contain wild oats the seed lot or part thereof represented by that sample shall not be marketed in Northern Ireland.”
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