SCHEDULE 2OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES AND BREEDER'S CONFIRMATIONS

PART IIBREEDER'S CONFIRMATIONS

When applications may be refusedI17

The Scottish Ministers may refuse to issue a breeder’s confirmation 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 sown in the field shows that the crop does not meet the appropriate standards specified in Part I of Schedule 4;

c

there has been a breach of seeds regulations in relation to the seed lot in respect of which application for a breeder’s confirmation has been made; or

d

the breeder applying for the breeder’s confirmation in respect of the seed lot notifies them that the application to have the relevant variety or hybrid variety accepted on to a F1GB Variety List or an NI Variety List has been withdrawn or refused.