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SCHEDULE 4SREQUIREMENTS FOR PRE BASIC SEED, BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION AND CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION

PART ISCONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS OBTAINED

Isolation distances – minimum distancesS

7.  For maize, rye and self pollinating varieties of triticale, the minimum distance from neighbouring crops or plants of other species, or of other varieties of the same species, liable to cross pollinate with the crop shall be the distances specified in column 2 of the following table for the corresponding crop specified in column 1 of the table (which can include any distance of at least 2 metres of fallow ground required under paragraph 6)–

Column 1Column 2
CropMinimum Distance

(a)Maize–

(i)for the production of Basic Seed

200 metres

(ii)for the production of Certified Seed

200 metres

(b)Self–pollinating variety of triticale

(i)for the production of Basic Seed

50 metres

(ii)for the production of Certified Seed

20 metres

(c)Rye (other than hybrids)–

(i)for the production of Basic Seed

300 metres

(ii)for the production of Certified Seed

250 metres

(d)Hybrids of rye–

(i)for the production of Basic Seed where male sterility is used

1,000 metres

(ii)for the production of Basic Seed where male sterility is not used

600 metres

(iii)for the production of Certified Seed

500 metres

but with the approval of the Scottish Ministers these distances may be modified or disregarded if there is adequate protection against undesirable foreign pollen.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 7 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)