3.—(1) An official examination of the crop shall be made by means of an official field inspection.
(2) The official field inspection shall only be carried out when the cultural condition of the field and the stage of development and condition, including state of health, of the crop–
(a)are such as to permit suitable checks of varietal identity, varietal purity, species purity and wild oats contamination to be made; and
(b)meet the requirements of the Scottish Ministers.
(3) A crop from which HVS level seed of Basic Seed, Certified Seed of the First Generation or Certified Seed of the Second Generation is to be produced shall not be more than one third lodged at the time of inspection.
(4) Subject to sub paragraphs (5) and (6), at least one field inspection of the crop shall be carried out.
(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (6), at least three field inspections shall be carried out in the case of an inbred line or hybrid of maize.
(6) In the case of maize, where the crop to be examined follows a maize crop in either the preceding or current year, at least one special field inspection shall be carried out to check that the condition contained in paragraph 1 has been complied with.
(7) For the purposes of this paragraph “lodged” means an area of crop which has been displaced from the vertical by more than 45 degrees.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 3 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)