Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2016/244 United Kingdom

The Seed Marketing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Read it on legislation.gov.uk (opens in a new tab)
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person10 Distributor3 Manufacturer2

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Distributor — also bound by 182 other Acts
Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.011 Detailed requirements for certification Regulated
  • Complete the full seed certification processAny Person
s.012 Crop inspections Regulated
  • Use the right type of inspector for crop certificationAny Person
s.021 Licensing crop inspectors, seed samplers and seed testing stations Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must license competent crop inspectors and seed samplersCrown / Minister / Government department
37 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Title, application and commencement
s.002 Meaning of “marketing”
s.003 Interpretation of other terms
s.004 Seed to which these Regulations apply
s.005 Categories of seed
s.006 Breeder's seed
s.007 Maintainers for pre-basic and basic seed
s.008 Marketing seed
s.009 Exceptions
s.010 Overriding requirements: the building blocks necessary for certification
s.013 Standard of seed at the time of marketing
s.014 Re-grading of seed at the time of marketing
s.015 Control plots and tests
s.016 Packaging and sealing
s.017 Labelling
s.018 Mixtures of seed
s.019 Records
s.020 Operations requiring a licence from the Department
s.022 Licences for temporary experiments
s.023 General provisions relating to licences
s.024 Withdrawing certification
s.025 Sampling for enforcement purposes
s.026 Forms of certificates used for enforcement
s.026 Certification for export
s.027 Imported seed
s.028 Appeals
s.029 Civil liability of sellers of seeds
s.030 Arrangements for official measures
s.031 Fees
s.031 Marketing seed under a specific derogation
s.031 Marketing seed under a specific derogation
s.032 Confidentiality
s.033 Licensing in another part of the United Kingdom
s.033 Certification in a Crown Dependency
s.033 Transitional provision for official labels on exit day
s.034 Transitional provisions
s.035 Amendments and revocations
Schedules

Schedules

13 of 90 shown
s.sch002 Crop and seed requirements Regulated
  • Ensure crop and seed meet EU cereal seed marketing standardsAny Person
s.sch002 Crop and seed requirements Regulated
  • Ensure crop inspections, seed sampling and pest freedom for fodder seedManufacturer
s.sch002 Crop and seed requirements Regulated
  • Ensure crop inspections, seed sampling and pest freedom for oil and fibre plant seedAny Person
s.sch002 Crop and seed requirements Regulated
  • Your seed crops must be inspected and meet pest-free quality standardsAny Person
s.sch002 Crop and seed requirements Regulated
  • Comply with beet seed marketing standardsAny Person
s.sch003 Types of label Regulated
  • Use correct label type on seed packagesAny Person
s.sch003 Labelling a package Regulated
  • Label seed packages with supplier's label properlyDistributor
s.sch003 Fodder seed other than a mixture: labelling requirements Regulated
  • Label small fodder seed packages correctly with required informationDistributor
s.sch003 Fodder seed mixture: labelling requirements Regulated
  • Label fodder seed mixtures correctly with required informationDistributor
s.sch003 Labelling mixtures Regulated
  • Label seed mixtures with all required informationAny Person
s.sch004 Marketing unlisted varieties (other than vegetable seed) for tests and trials Regulated
  • Apply for authorisation to market unlisted varieties for tests and trialsManufacturer
s.sch004 Marketing unlisted varieties of vegetable seed Regulated
  • Comply with conditions, labelling and record-keeping when marketing unlisted vegetable seed under authorisationAny Person
s.sch004 Marketing seed of conservation varieties Regulated
  • Comply with all conditions for marketing seed of conservation varietiesAny Person
77 other schedules
s.sch002 Interpretation of Part 1
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed”
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
s.sch002 Higher voluntary standards for cereals
s.sch002 Additional requirements for barley, wheat, durum wheat and spelt wheat
s.sch002 The number of seeds from other plant species in a...
s.sch002 Ergot and sclerotia
s.sch002 Permitted types of fodder seed
s.sch002 Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
s.sch002 Permitted types of beet seed
s.sch002 Meaning of “basic seed”
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed”
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
s.sch002 Meaning of “commercial seed”
s.sch002 Higher voluntary standards for fodder seed
s.sch002 Permitted types of oil and fibre seed
s.sch002 Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
s.sch002 Meaning of “basic seed” for non-hybrid varieties
s.sch002 Meaning of “pre-basic” seed
s.sch002 Meaning of “basic seed” for inbred lines
s.sch002 Meaning of “basic seed” for simple hybrids
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed”
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed, third generation”
s.sch002 Meaning of “commercial seed”
s.sch002 Requirements for a varietal association
s.sch002 Permitted types of vegetable seed
s.sch002 Meaning of “basic seed”
s.sch002 Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
s.sch002 Meaning of “basic seed”
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed”
s.sch002 Meaning of “standard seed”
s.sch002 Meaning of “certified seed”
s.sch002 Permitted types of cereal seed
s.sch002 Meaning of “pre-basic seed” (including hybrids)
s.sch002 Meaning of “basic seed”
s.sch002 Interpretation
s.sch003 Additional requirements for beet seed
s.sch003 Additional requirements for cereal seed
s.sch003 Additional requirements for fodder seed
s.sch003 Additional requirements for oil and fibre seed
s.sch003 Meaning of “supplier's label”
s.sch003 References to weights in this Part
s.sch003 Breeder's seed: supplier's labels
s.sch003 Beet seed: supplier's labels
s.sch003 Cereal seed: supplier's label
s.sch003 Time of labelling
s.sch003 Fodder seed (agricultural or amenity): packages that may be labelled with a supplier's label
s.sch003 Oil and fibre seed: supplier's labels
s.sch003 Vegetable seed: supplier's labels
s.sch003 Sales of loose seed
s.sch003 Genetically modified varieties
s.sch003 Chemical treatment of seed
s.sch003 Official labels: general requirements
s.sch003 Official labels for pre-basic seed
s.sch003 Official labels for basic seed and certified seed
s.sch003 Official labels for commercial seed not certified as to variety
s.sch004 Early multiplication of seed
s.sch004 Marketing for scientific or selection purposes
s.sch004 Restrictions relating to genetically modified seed
s.sch004 Marketing imported seed to be labelled as HVS
s.sch004 Marketing seed of amateur vegetable varieties
s.sch004 Fodder seed not finally certified, harvested in the United kingdom, elsewhere than in Northern Ireland
s.sch004 Seed not finally certified, harvested in a European Single Market State
s.sch004 Seed not finally certified, harvested in a country that has been granted equivalence
s.sch004 Marketing extensions
s.sch004 Seed as grown
s.sch004 Interpretation
s.sch004 Farm saved seed
s.sch004 Seed with a declared lower germination
s.sch004 Early movement of seed
s.sch004 (1) In this Schedule officially certified early movement seed of...
s.sch004 Tetrazolium testing for cereal seed
s.sch004 Marketing preservation mixtures that include uncertified fodder seed

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.