The following provisions of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 196527 shall apply for the purpose of these Regulations as they apply for the purposes of seeds regulations having effect under that Act and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in them to seeds regulations or to that Act shall be construed as references to these Regulations—

• section 8 (powers of entry);

• section 9 (use of samples in criminal proceedings);

• section 10 (tampering with samples);

• section 11 (institution of criminal proceedings), subject to the modification that it shall apply to proceedings in respect of any offence under these Regulations as it applies to the proceedings to which it refers;

• section 12(1) (application of the Act to seed potatoes); and

• section 14(2) (interpretation: contravention and failure of compliance).