The Cereal Seed (Wales) Regulations 2005 (revoked)

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23.—(1) A sample of seeds taken in connection with an application made under regulation 6, 11 or 13 shall be drawn—

(a)by—

(i)an authorised officer, or

(ii)a licensed seed sampler acting under the supervision of the authority who appointed him or her;

(b)in accordance with the method laid down in Schedule 5 of the Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement)(Wales) Regulations 2005 M1; and

(c)from a homogeneous seed lot.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the maximum weight of a seed lot shall be that set out in column (3) of the table in Schedule 7.

(3) A seed lot may exceed the maximum weight for a seed lot set out in column (3) of the table in Schedule 7 by not more than 5%.

(4) The minimum weight of a sample shall be that set out in column (4) of the table in Schedule 7.

(5) The minimum weight of a sample for a moisture test shall be that specified in column (5) of the table in Schedule 7.

(6) If a sample of seeds submitted or taken in connection with an application made under regulation 6, 11 or 13—

(a)is found not to have been taken in accordance with paragraph (1);

(b)is taken from a seed lot that does not comply with paragraph (2); or

(c)does not comply with paragraph (4) or (5);

no further use of that sample shall be made under these Regulations, and any findings or results already obtained from testing seed taken from that sample, or from inspecting plants grown in a control plot that has been sown with seed from that sample, shall be disregarded.

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