PART 3AMENDMENT OF THE FODDER PLANT SEED (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2005
Amendment of the Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 20056
The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 20053 are amended in accordance with regulations 7 to 9.
Substitution of Schedule 1 (species of seed to which the regulations apply)7
For Schedule 1, substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
Amendment of 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)8
In Schedule 4—
a
in paragraph 13 (standards for germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species), in table II—
i
before the entry for ‘Sheep’s fescue’, insert—
Fine leaved sheep’s fescue
75
n/a
85
0.3
2.0
Hard fescue
75
n/a
85
0.3
2.0
ii
in column (4) of the entries for ‘Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)’, ‘White lupin’ and ‘Yellow lupin’, for “98” substitute “98 (c)”; and
b
in paragraph 14 (standards regarding content of seeds of other plant species)—
i
in each of tables I and II, in the heading of columns (3) and (4), for “A.ludoviciana and A.sterilis”, substitute “Avena sterilis”;
ii
in table I, in the heading of columns (11), (12) and (13) and in table II, in the heading of columns (9) and (10), for “Agropyron repens”, substitute “Elytrigia repens”;
iii
in table II, before the entry for ‘Sheep’s fescue’, insert the entries in Schedule 4 to these Regulations; and
iv
at table II, in footnote (k) to the table, for “(bitter varieties) the presence of seeds of another colour shall not exceed 4.0%”, substitute “the presence of seeds of another colour shall not exceed 4.0% in bitter lupins and 2.0% in other lupins”.
Amendment of Schedule 5 (sampling and weights)9
In Schedule 5, in paragraph 26 (minimum weight of a sample), in the table, for the entry for ‘Sheep’s fescue, including Fine-leaved fescue, Hard fescue’, substitute—
Fine leaved sheep’s fescue
10
100
30
Hard fescue
10
100
30
Sheep’s fescue
10
100
30