The Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Sealing of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation

20.—(1) No person shall have in their possession any package of seed in respect of which a breeder’s confirmation for Pre basic Seed or Basic Seed has been applied for or issued unless it has been sealed in accordance with this regulation by the Scottish Ministers or a licensed seed sampler with a sealing device in such manner that when the package is opened the sealing device will be broken and cannot be re used.

(2) Sealing under paragraph (1) shall take place not later than at the time of sampling or, in the case of seed which is wholly or partly re packaged, the sealing of the original package shall take place no later than that time.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), no person shall open a package of seed which has been sealed in accordance with paragraph (1) or re sealed in accordance with paragraph (4) except–

(a) for the purpose of sowing all the seed;

(b) where–

(i) some of the seed is sown immediately after the package is opened;

(ii) the rest of the seed remains in the package after the seed is sown in accordance with sub-paragraph (i); and

(iii) the package is re sealed immediately after the seed is sown in accordance with sub-paragraph (i); or

(c) for the purpose of re packaging and re sealing all of the seed.

(4) If a package of seed which has been sealed in accordance with paragraph (1), or re-sealed in accordance with this paragraph, is in accordance with paragraph (3) or otherwise, opened neither it nor any other package containing any of that seed may be sealed, re sealed or further re sealed, as the case may be, except by the Scottish Ministers or a licensed seed sampler.

(5) If the details on any label required by regulation 21 cease to be correct as a consequence of any action of the kind described in paragraph (3) the label shall be replaced by the Scottish Ministers or a licensed seed sampler at the time the package is re sealed under paragraph (4).