SCHEDULE 2OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES AND BREEDER’S CONFIRMATIONS

PART IOFFICIAL CERTIFICATES

When applications may be refused

3.

The Scottish Ministers may refuse to issue an official certificate 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 17(1);

(b)

an official examination of a control plot or an examination of a post control plot, sown with a sample of the seed lot shows that the crop does not meet the appropriate standards specified in Part I of Schedule 4; or

(c)

there has been any breach of seeds Regulations in relation to the seed lot in respect of which the application for an official certificate has been made.