7.—(1) A registered person who has sown seed from an entered or late entered seed lot from which it is intended to produce a crop from which pre-basic, basic, CS, C1, C2 or C3 seed is to be harvested shall notify the National Assembly for Wales that he or she has sown the seed.
(2) A notification given under this regulation —
(a)shall be given in such form and manner as the National Assembly for Wales may require;
(b)shall be given within such time as the National Assembly for Wales may require;
(c)shall specify the reference number of the seed lot from which the sown seed has been taken; and
(d)shall be accompanied by such information and other documents as the National Assembly for Wales may require.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the National Assembly for Wales shall acknowledge receipt of a notification made under this regulation.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), unless specifically requested to do so by the applicant, the National Assembly for Wales shall not individually acknowledge the receipt of each notification given under this regulation that it receives but shall periodically provide the applicant with a list of those crops for which it has received such a notification from him or her.
(5) Where the National Assembly for Wales has previously provided the applicant with a list of those crops for which it has received a notification under this regulation from him or her, any subsequent list periodically provided to the applicant under paragraph (4) shall list only those crops in respect of which the National Assembly for Wales has received a notification under this regulation from him or her since last providing the applicant with the last such list.