Amendment to regulation 9

9.—(1) In regulation 9(9) (labelling of packages), at the start, insert “Subject to the exception in paragraphs (12B) and (12C) in respect of seed of a Conservation Variety and Standard Seed of an Amateur Variety,”.

(2) In regulation 9(11), at the start, insert “Except in relation to seed of a Conservation Variety or Standard Seed of an Amateur Variety,”.

(3) After regulation 9(12A)(1) insert—

(12B) A package of seed of a Conservation Variety shall bear a supplier’s label or a printed or stamped notice containing the information specified in Part VI of Schedule 6 (and for the avoidance of doubt neither an official label nor an official inner label is required).

(12C) A package of Standard Seed of an Amateur Variety shall bear a supplier’s label or a printed or stamped notice containing the information specified in Part VII of Schedule 6 (and for the avoidance of doubt neither an official label nor an official inner label is required)..

(1)

Regulation 9(12A) was inserted by the Vegetable Seeds Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/305), regulation 4.