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.