PART 4U.K.Licensing

Operations requiring a licence from the Secretary of StateU.K.

20.—(1) Any person carrying out any of the following operations must be licensed to do so by the Secretary of State—

(a)marketing seed;

(b)packing, sealing or labelling seed;

(c)re-packing, re-sealing or re-labelling seed;

(d)preparing mixtures of seed for marketing;

(e)cleaning, treating or in any other way processing seed intended for marketing.

(2) But the requirement for a licence does not apply in relation to the marketing of—

(a)small packages of seed as defined in Schedule 3;

(b)unpacketed seed; or

(c)seed, as grown, for processing, provided the identity of the seed is ensured under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4.