When applications may be refusedS
7. 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to have the relevant variety or hybrid variety accepted on to a [F1GB Variety List or an NI Variety List] has been withdrawn or refused.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in sch. 2 para. 7(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.S.I. 2019/59, reg. 14(23)(c) (as substituted by The Seed, Plant Propagating Material and Forest Reproductive Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/445), regs. 1(1)(b), 15(20)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)