SCHEDULE 2OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES AND BREEDER'S CONFIRMATIONS
PART IOFFICIAL CERTIFICATES
When applications may be refusedI13
The Scottish Ministers may refuse to issue an official certificate in respect of a seed lot if it appears to them that–
a
a sample taken from the seed lot for the purpose of an official examination to ascertain whether the seed lot meets the appropriate standards specified in Part II of Schedule 4 has not been taken in accordance with regulation 15(1);
b
an official examination of a control plot sown with a sample of the seed lot shows that the crop does not meet the appropriate standards specified in Part I of Schedule 4; or
c
there has been any breach of seeds regulations in relation to the seed lot in respect of which the application for an official certificate has been made.