http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2005/328

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/328/regulation/11/2017-03-31

The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

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SEEDS

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2024-05-15

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2017-03-31

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, consolidate, with amendments, the provisions of the Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2005) as relevantly amended by the Cereal Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1482), the Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/616), the Cereal Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1860), the Cereal Seeds (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/248), the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510) and the Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/564) (“the 1993 Regulations”).

The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Sch. 4A Pt. 3

para. 1

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 13(23)(a)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

reg. 6(1)(c) and word

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 13(5)(a)(iii)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

reg. 11(3)

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 13(11)(b)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

reg. 14(4A)

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 13(13)(c)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Sch. 6

para. 5(xi)(aa)

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 13(24)(b)(iii)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Sch. 6

para. 11(1)

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 13(24)(g)(ii)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Sch. 6

para. 11(1)

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 13(24)(g)(iii)

reg. 1(1)(b)

The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Sch. 6

para. 11(2)

The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

reg. 13(24)(g)(iv)

reg. 1(1)(b)

PART IIMARKETING

Marketing of officially certified lower germination seedI111

1

Notwithstanding regulation 6(1)(b) and the requirement in regulation 3 that Pre basic Seed and Basic Seed shall attain the minimum standards of germination specified for Basic Seed in Part II of Schedule 4 or Annex II (seed conditions) of the Cereal Seed Directive, any person may, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and regulation 17(6) and the other provisions of these Regulations, market seed–

a

in respect of which an official certificate certifying that the seed is of the relevant category of seed has been issued in accordance with Part I of Schedule 2, although it attains a lower percentage of germination than that specified in paragraph 16 of Part II of Schedule 4 in relation to Basic Seed by virtue of exception (ii) of paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 2;

b

which has been certified as satisfying the conditions for the relevant category of seed by a European Authority other than the Scottish Ministers although the seed attains a lower germination than that specified in Annex II (seed conditions) of the Cereal Seed Directive in relation to Basic Seed, by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) (marketing of lower germination seed) of the Cereal Seed Directive; or

c

which the person marketing the seed knows does not satisfy the minimum standards of germination specified for Basic Seed–

i

in the case of seed which has been officially certified as being Pre basic Seed or Basic Seed, in paragraph 16 of Part II of Schedule 4, irrespective of the findings of the Scottish Ministers; and

ii

in the case of seed which has been fully certified as being Pre basic Seed or Basic Seed by a European Authority other than the Scottish Ministers, in Annex II (seed conditions) of the Cereal Seed Directive, irrespective of the findings of the relevant European Authority.

2

Paragraph (1) shall not apply unless the person marketing the seed guarantees a specific minimum percentage of germination of the seed.

3

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to seed which has been imported into the United Kingdom from a country which is not an EEA State.