3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no supplier shall market any propagating material unless it complies with the requirements of these Regulations.
(2) These Regulations shall not apply to propagating material intended for–
(a)export [F1from [F2Great Britain]], if identified as such and kept sufficiently isolated from plant material not intended for such export;
(b)trials or scientific purposes;
(c)selection work;
(d)use in the conservation of genetic diversity.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 3(2)(a) substituted (E.W.) (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/131), regs. 1, 5(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1) and (S.) (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 11(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in reg. 3(2)(a) substituted (S.) (1.4.2021) by The Plant Health and Plant Propagating Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/87), regs. 1(1), 3 and (E.W.) (15.4.2021) by The Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Fodder Plant Seed (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/393), regs. 1(1), 3(2)