4.—(1) Notwithstanding paragraphs 2 and 3, and subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), on receipt of an application made in accordance with regulation 14(1) for the issue of an official certificate in respect of a seed lot as Pre basic Seed, Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation, the Scottish Ministers may issue an official certificate in respect of the seed lot containing the particulars specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3.
(2) An official certificate may only be issued under sub-paragraph (1) if—
(a)the seed has been—
(i)produced directly from—
(aa)fully certified Basic Seed or Certified Seed of the First Generation, or
(bb)seed certified in the United Kingdom, a Crown Dependency (provided the seed has been produced under legislation recognised by the Scottish Ministers to have equivalent effect to these Regulations) or a country granted equivalence, which is permitted to be sold as Basic Seed or Certified Seed of the First Generation in accordance with these Regulations,
(ii)harvested outside the United Kingdom, and
(iii)shown on official examination, or, in the case of seed certified in a country granted equivalence, on official field inspection, to have satisfied the conditions specified in Part II of Schedule 4 for the relevant category of seed;
(b)the seed has been—
(i)produced directly from the crossing of fully certified Basic Seed with seed certified in the United Kingdom, a Crown Dependency (provided the seed has been produced under legislation recognised by the Scottish Ministers to have equivalent effect to these Regulations) or a country granted equivalence, which is permitted to be sold as Basic Seed in accordance with these Regulations,
(ii)harvested outside the United Kingdom, and
(iii)shown on official examination, or, in the case of seed certified in a country granted equivalence, to have satisfied the conditions specified in Part II of Schedule 4 for the relevant category of seed; or
(c)the seed—
(i)is to be certified by the Scottish Ministers as Basic Seed;
(ii)has been produced directly from—
(aa)fully certified Pre-basic Seed, or
(bb)seed certified in the United Kingdom, a Crown Dependency (provided the seed has been produced under legislation recognised by the Scottish Ministers to have equivalent effect to these Regulations) or a country granted equivalence, which is permitted to be sold as Pre-basic Seed in accordance with these Regulations,
(iii)has been harvested outside the United Kingdom, and
(iv)has been shown on official examination, or, in the case of seed certified in a country granted equivalence, on official field inspection, to have satisfied the conditions specified in Part II of Schedule 4 for the relevant category of seed.
(3) In the case of seed which has been harvested in a country granted equivalence, an official certificate may only be issued under sub-paragraph (1) provided that—
(a)the seed has been harvested from a crop which has been found by official field inspection to satisfy the crop conditions specified in Part I of schedule 4 (crop standards); and
(b)has been packed in a sealed package in accordance with the requirements of regulation 16 (sealing of packages of fully certified seed) and has been labelled in accordance with the requirements of regulation 17 (labelling of packages of fully certified seed) and schedule 6.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 13(21)(b) (as substituted by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 14(18)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)