The Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation, commencement and application

3. 2. Interpretation: general

4. 3. Interpretation: diseases and pests

5. 4. Marketing of seed potatoes

6. 4A. Marketing of seed potatoes from the EU or Switzerland

7. 5. Marketing of seed potatoes of conservation varieties

8. 6. Marketing of seed potatoes for scientific purposes or selection work

9. 7. Marketing of seed potatoes for test or trial purposes

10. 8. Size of seed potatoes

11. 9. Composition of lots of seed potatoes

12. 10. Certification and grading of seed potatoes

13. 11. Labelling of packages and containers of seed potatoes

14. 12. Sealing of packages and containers

15. 13. Genetically modified seed potatoes

16. 14. Seed potatoes imported from outside the British Islands : information

17. 15. Particulars of sale

18. 16. Retail sales of seed potatoes

19. 17. Production measures in the interests of plant health

20. 18. Sampling of seed potatoes

21. 19. Keeping of records

22. 20. Enforcement: powers of inspection and production

23. 21. Enforcement: power to withdraw official labels, official documents, certificates and growing crop reports and to determine a lower UK grade

24. 22. Enforcement: disease control

25. 23. Exclusion of provisions of the Act

26. 24. Transitional provision

27. 24A. Transitional provisions for official labels on exit day

28. 25. Amendments and revocations

29. Signature

30. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Growing crop reports

       1. PART 1 General

          1. 1. On receipt of an application for certification of any seed...

          2. 2. A growing crop report shall state— (a) the name and...

          3. 3. A growing crop report shall only be issued if an...

       2. PART 2 Pre-basic seed potatoes

          1. 4. (1) A growing crop report stating that the seed potatoes...

          2. 5. A growing crop report stating that the seed potatoes are...

       3. PART 3 Basic seed potatoes

          1. 6. A growing crop report stating that the seed potatoes are...

          2. 7. A growing crop report stating that the seed potatoes are...

          3. 8. A growing crop report stating that the seed potatoes are...

          4. 9. A growing crop report containing a statement that the conditions...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Official labels and official documents

       1. PART 1 Official labels

          1. 1. (1) An official label affixed to a package or container...

          2. 2. In the case of seed potatoes of a conservation variety,...

          3. 3. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, an official label may contain...

       2. PART 2 Official Documents

          1. 4. An official document used— (a) in the case of pre-basic...

          2. 5. An official document shall, in relation to the seed potatoes...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Minimum quality conditions for lots of seed potatoes

       1. 1. For the purposes of regulations 10 and 21—

       2. 2. Tolerances

       3. 3. Allowable Surface area cover

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       UK Grades: source material for planting, other requirements and tolerances for the growing crop and lots of seed potatoes

       1. 1. In this Schedule— (a) Table 1 sets out the applicable...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Authorisation for marketing seed potatoes for test or trial purposes

       1. 1. On receipt of an application made in accordance with regulation...

       2. 2. An authorisation shall state— (a) the name and address of...

       3. 3. No authorisation shall be issued unless the Department is satisfied...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Sampling procedures

       1. 1. Where the bulk of seed potatoes to be sampled—

       2. 2. Where the quantity of seed potatoes in a lot being...

       3. 3. Where the quantity of the seed potatoes in a lot...

       4. 4. Where the quantity of the seed potatoes in a lot...

31. Explanatory Note