The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005 No. 329

SCHEDULE 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR PRE-BASIC SEED, BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION AND COMMERCIAL SEED

PART I CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL SEED IS OBTAINED

Isolation distances – minimum distances

8.  For a crop shown in Column 1 of the following table, the minimum distances 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 or 3, as appropriate (which can include any distance of at least 2 metres of fallow ground required under paragraph 7 of this Part of this Schedule)–

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Crop	Minimum Distances	Minimum Distances
	Crop Area up to 2 hectares	Crop Area over 2 hectares>
(a) All grasses other than apomictic unicloncal varieties of smooth stalked meadowgrass–
(i) for the production of Basic Seed	200 metres	100 metres
(ii) for the production of Certified Seed	100 metres	50 metres
(b) All legumes other than field bean, field pea, vetches & lucerne and for fodder radish–
(i) for the production of Basic Seed	200 metres	100 metres
(ii) for the production of Certified Seed	100 metres	50 metres
(c) Field bean, vetches & lucerne–
(i) for the production of Basic Seed & Certified Seed of the First Generation	200 metres	100 metres
(ii) for the production of Certified Seed of the Second Generation	100 metres	50 metres
(d) Fodder kale & swede–
(i) for the production of Basic Seed	400 metres	400 metres
(ii) for the production of Certified Seed	200 metres	200 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.