PART III CONTROL OF BEET SEED
Sampling20.
(1)
A sample of seeds taken in connection with a F1regulation 5, 10, 12 or 18 application shall be drawn—
(a)
by—
(i)
an authorised officer, or
(ii)
a licensed seed sampler acting under the supervision of the authority who appointed the licensed seed sampler;
(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 specified in Part I of Schedule 7.
(3)
A seed lot may exceed the maximum weight for a seed lot set out in Part I of Schedule 7 by not more than 5%.
(4)
The minimum weight of a sample shall be that specified in Part II of Schedule 7.
(5)
The minimum weight of a sample for a moisture test shall be that specified in Part III of Schedule 7.
(6)
If a sample of seeds submitted or taken in connection with a F2regulation 5, 10, 12 or 18 application—
(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.