The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Scotland) Regulations 2017

Conditions for CAC material other than rootstocks not belonging to a variety

1.—(1) CAC material other than rootstocks not belonging to a variety may only be marketed if it fulfils the following conditions—

(a) it is propagated from an identified source of material recorded by the supplier;

(b) its trueness to the description of its variety is established and verified in accordance with paragraph 3;

(c) it is found by the supplier on visual inspection, or where there is doubt, by sampling and testing, to be substantially free from the pests listed in Tables IA, IB and II in schedule 6;

(d) in the case of CAC material belonging to the species Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, or Poncirus Raf—

(i) it is produced from an identified source of material that has been found to be free, on sampling and testing, from the pests listed in Table II in schedule 6 for those species;

(ii) since the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation, it is found on visual inspection, sampling and testing, to be substantially free from the pests listed in Table II in schedule 6, as regards the species concerned; and

(e) on visual inspection, it is found to be practically free from defects including injuries, discolouration, scar tissue or dessication that affect the quality and usefulness of the plant as propagating material.

(2) The visual inspections mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(c) may not be conducted during cryopreservation.