The Beet Seed (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 No. 148

SCHEDULE 1 S SPECIES AND CATEGORIES OF BEET SEED

PART II S CATEGORIES OF SEED THAT MAY BE MARKETED

Breeder's Seed S

1.  Breeder's Seed is uncertified Pre-Basic Seed of a generation earlier than that of Basic Seed—

(a) which has been produced by or under the responsibility of the breeder; and

(b) is intended for the production of uncertified Pre-Basic Seed, Pre-Basic Seed or Basic Seed.

Pre-Basic Seed S

2.  Pre-Basic Seed is seed of a generation earlier than that of Basic Seed—

(a) which has been produced by or under the responsibility of the breeder;

(b) is intended for the production of Pre-Basic Seed, Basic Seed or, with the written authority of the breeder and the Scottish Ministers, Certified Seed, and

(c) either—

(i) satisfies the requirements for Basic Seed set out in Schedule 4 and in respect of which—

(aa) an official certificate has been issued in accordance with Part I of Schedule 2; or

(bb) a breeder's confirmation has been issued in accordance with Part II of Schedule 2; or

[F1 (ii) has been certified by a GB Authority, other than the Scottish Ministers, as satisfying the conditions specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) and the applicable requirements for Basic Seed in the relevant part of the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 2(c)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.S.I. 2019/59, reg. 15(19)(a) (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), 16(17)(a))

Basic Seed S

3.  Basic Seed is seed—

(a) which has been produced by or under the responsibility of the breeder from uncertified Pre-Basic Seed or Pre-Basic Seed;

(b) is intended for the production of Certified Seed, and

(c) either—

(i) satisfies the requirements for Basic Seed set out in Schedule 4 and in respect of which–

(aa) an official certificate has been issued in accordance with Part I of Schedule 2; or

(bb) a breeder's confirmation has been issued in accordance with Part II of Schedule 2; or

[F2 (ii) has been certified by a GB Authority, other than the Scottish Ministers, as satisfying the conditions specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) and the applicable requirements for Basic Seed in the relevant part of the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(c)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.S.I. 2019/59, reg. 15(19)(b) (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), 16(17)(b))

Certified Seed S

4.  Certified Seed is seed—

(a) which has been produced directly from Basic Seed or, with the written authority of the breeder and the Scottish Ministers, from Pre-Basic Seed; and

(b) either—

(i) satisfies the requirements for Certified Seed set out in Schedule 4 and in respect of which an official certificate has been issued in accordance with Part I of Schedule 2; or

[F3 (ii) has been certified by a GB Authority, other than the Scottish Ministers, as satisfying the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (a) and the applicable requirements for Certified Seed in the relevant part of the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 4(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.S.I. 2019/59, reg. 15(19)(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), 16(17)(c))