1. On receipt of an application for certification of any seed potatoes, an authorised officer shall—E+W
(a)allocate to the person making such application a number to be known as a “producer’s identification number” (where one does not already exist for that person);
(b)following an official examination, determine in accordance with this Schedule and Schedule 4 the categories and classes at which the seed potatoes are capable of being marketed; and
(c)subject to paragraphs 3 to 11, issue a growing crop certificate in accordance with paragraph 2.
2. A growing crop certificate shall state—E+W
(a)the name and address of the applicant;
(b)the categories and classes at which the authorised officer has determined the seed potatoes are capable of being marketed in accordance with paragraph 1(b);
(c)the name of the agricultural unit on which the crop was grown;
(d)the producer’s identification number;
(e)the date on which the growing crop was inspected;
(f)the variety of the seed potatoes;
(g)the area of the seed potatoes;
(h)the location of the field on which the seed potatoes were grown.
3. A growing crop certificate may only be issued where an authorised officer is satisfied that in relation to the seed potatoes examined by him—E+W
(a)the seed potatoes are of a variety of potato species entered in a National List or the Common Catalogue;
(b)the seed potatoes in any one crop are of a single variety;
(c)the seed potatoes are taken from a crop which is free from the following diseases or pests—
(i)Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Perc.);
(ii)Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes);
(iii)Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. Sepedonicus (Spieck. & Kotth.) Davis et al.);
(iv)Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al);
(v)Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid;
(vi)Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)); and
(vii)Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor (Thorne));
(d)the land on which the seed potatoes are growing or were grown is not land which is demarcated under Schedule 14 to the Plant Health (England) Order 2005(1) as contaminated with Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Perc.) or is within a safety zone demarcated under that Order;
(e)blanking in any of the growing crop of the seed potatoes is not or was not excessive;
(f)the growing crop has not been over-rogued; and
(g)all reasonable husbandry practices for the prevention of the occurrence, development or spread of pests and diseases have been effectively carried out.
S.I. 2005/2530.