7.—(1) No growing crop certificate may be issued containing a statement that seed potatoes are capable of being marketed as basic seed potatoes of any grade unless the authorised officer is satisfied that the land on which the seed potatoes are growing or were grown—U.K.
(a)is land which, as a result of a soil test carried out by the Secretary of State prior to the planting of the crop, has been found not to be contaminated with Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes);
(b)is not demarcated under [F1Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the Official Controls (Plant Health) Regulations] as infested with a European population of Potato Cyst Nematode; and
(c)has not been used for growing potatoes at any time during the five years immediately preceding the planting of the crop.
(2) But sub-paragraph (1)(a) does not apply in the case of seed potatoes grown in a soil-free medium.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(1)(b) substituted (14.1.2020) by The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1517), reg. 1, Sch. 5 para. 4(4)(c)