2012 No. 3035
The Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers in sections 16(1), (1A), (2), (3), (5) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 19641, after consultation in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act with representatives of such interests as appear to be concerned, and in exercise of the powers in paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 19722.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19723 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the reference in these Regulations to Council Decision 2003/17/EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries4 to be construed as a reference to that Decision as amended from time to time.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 31st December 2012.
Amendment of the Seed Marketing Regulations 20112
The Seed Marketing Regulations 20115 are amended as follows.
Regulation 3 (interpretation of other terms)3
In regulation 3(2)—
a
at the end of sub-paragraph (g), omit “and”;
b
after sub-paragraph (h), insert—
and
i
Council Decision 2003/17/EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries,
c
for “those Directives”, substitute “those instruments”.
Licences for temporary experiments4
After regulation 21, insert—
Licences for temporary experiments21A
The Secretary of State may by licence exempt any person or class of person from compliance with any provision of these Regulations for the purposes of a temporary experiment organised under—
a
Article 19 of Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed6;
b
Article 13a of Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed7;
c
Article 13a of Council Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed8;
d
Article 16 of Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants9; or
e
Article 33 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed10.
Schedule 2 (certification requirements)5
In paragraph 24 of Schedule 2, after “peas,” insert “lucerne (Medicago sativa),”.
Schedule 3 (labelling and loose sales)6
In paragraph 9(1)(g) of Schedule 3, after “granulated” insert “pesticides”.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)