PART IIIControl of beet seed
Sealing of packages22
1
Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall seal a package of officially certified pre-basic, basic or CS seed except a person to whom paragraph (5) applies.
2
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the sealing of a small EC package of officially certified basic or CS seed.
3
Subject to paragraph (4), no person shall reseal a package (including a small EC package) of officially certified pre-basic, basic or CS seed except a person to whom paragraph (5) applies.
4
Paragraph (3) shall not apply where a package has been resealed which had previously been opened by the final consumer of the seed for the purpose of using some of the seed in the package.
5
This paragraph applies to—
a
an authorised officer and any person being supervised by such a person, and
b
a licensed seed sampler and any person being supervised by such a person.