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(1)If any person—
(a)tampers with any seeds so as to procure that a sample taken in the manner prescribed by seeds regulations for any purpose does not correctly represent the bulk of the seeds, or
(b)tampers with any sample so taken, or
(c)with intent to deceive sends, or causes or allows to be sent to any official testing station or licensed testing establishment, to be tested for any purpose, a sample of seeds which to his knowledge does not correctly represent the bulk of the seeds,
he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both.
(2)In this section “licensed testing establishment” means an establishment licensed under seeds regulations for the testing of seeds.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 27 applied (with modifications) (1.12.2001) by 2001/3510, reg. 21(1)
C2Ss. 24-30 extended (with modifications) (1.8.2016) by The Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/758), arts. 1, 2(2)(a), Sch. 1
C3S. 27(1) has effect as if the fine mentioned was a fine of level 5 on the standard scale by virtue of (E.W.) 1982 c. 48, s. 39, Sch. 3 and by (S.) 1975 c. 21, s. 289H, Sch. 7 (which 1975 Act was repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 6, 7(2), Sch. 5) and (1.4.1996) (S.) by virtue of 1995 c. 40, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch. 1 para. 10, Sch. 2 Pt. III (with Sch. 3 paras. 1, 16, 17)
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