Crop and seed requirements
- Ensure crop and seed meet EU cereal seed marketing standards
Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2016
United Kingdom
The Seed Marketing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
At a glance
What's here
15 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Crop and seed requirements
- Ensure crop inspections, seed sampling and pest freedom for fodder seed
Crop and seed requirements
- Ensure crop inspections, seed sampling and pest freedom for oil and fibre plant seed
Crop and seed requirements
- Your seed crops must be inspected and meet pest-free quality standards
Crop and seed requirements
- Comply with beet seed marketing standards
Types of label
- Use correct label type on seed packages
Labelling a package
- Label seed packages with supplier's label properly
Fodder seed other than a mixture: labelling requirements
- Label small fodder seed packages correctly with required information
Fodder seed mixture: labelling requirements
- Label fodder seed mixtures correctly with required information
Marketing unlisted varieties (other than vegetable seed) for tests and trials
- Apply for authorisation to market unlisted varieties for tests and trials
Marketing unlisted varieties of vegetable seed
- Comply with conditions, labelling and record-keeping when marketing unlisted vegetable seed under authorisation
Marketing seed of conservation varieties
- Comply with all conditions for marketing seed of conservation varieties
Browse 78 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Interpretation of Part 1
Meaning of “certified seed”
Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
Higher voluntary standards for cereals
Additional requirements for barley, wheat, durum wheat and spelt wheat
The number of seeds from other plant species in a...
Ergot and sclerotia
Permitted types of fodder seed
Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
Permitted types of beet seed
Meaning of “basic seed”
Meaning of “certified seed”
Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
Meaning of “commercial seed”
Higher voluntary standards for fodder seed
Permitted types of oil and fibre seed
Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
Meaning of “basic seed” for non-hybrid varieties
Meaning of “pre-basic” seed
Meaning of “basic seed” for inbred lines
Meaning of “basic seed” for simple hybrids
Meaning of “certified seed”
Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
Meaning of “certified seed, third generation”
Meaning of “commercial seed”
Requirements for a varietal association
Permitted types of vegetable seed
Meaning of “basic seed”
Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
Meaning of “basic seed”
Meaning of “certified seed”
Meaning of “standard seed”
Meaning of “certified seed”
Permitted types of cereal seed
Meaning of “pre-basic seed” (including hybrids)
Meaning of “basic seed”
Interpretation
Additional requirements for beet seed
Additional requirements for cereal seed
Additional requirements for fodder seed
Additional requirements for oil and fibre seed
Meaning of “supplier's label”
References to weights in this Part
Breeder's seed: supplier's labels
Beet seed: supplier's labels
Cereal seed: supplier's label
Time of labelling
Fodder seed (agricultural or amenity): packages that may be labelled with a supplier's label
Oil and fibre seed: supplier's labels
Vegetable seed: supplier's labels
Sales of loose seed
Genetically modified varieties
Chemical treatment of seed
Official labels: general requirements
Official labels for pre-basic seed
Official labels for basic seed and certified seed
Official labels for commercial seed not certified as to variety
Labelling mixtures
Early multiplication of seed
Marketing for scientific or selection purposes
Restrictions relating to genetically modified seed
Marketing imported seed to be labelled as HVS
Marketing seed of amateur vegetable varieties
Fodder seed not finally certified, harvested in the United kingdom, elsewhere than in Northern Ireland
Seed not finally certified, harvested in a European Single Market State
Seed not finally certified, harvested in a country that has been granted equivalence
Marketing extensions
Seed as grown
Interpretation
Farm saved seed
Seed with a declared lower germination
Early movement of seed
(1) In this Schedule officially certified early movement seed of...
Tetrazolium testing for cereal seed
Marketing preservation mixtures that include uncertified fodder seed
Detailed requirements for certification
- Complete the full seed certification process
Crop inspections
- Use the right type of inspector for crop certification
Licensing crop inspectors, seed samplers and seed testing stations
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Department must license competent crop inspectors and seed samplers Crown / Minister / Government department
Browse 37 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Title, application and commencement
Meaning of “marketing”
Interpretation of other terms
Seed to which these Regulations apply
Categories of seed
Breeder's seed
Maintainers for pre-basic and basic seed
Marketing seed
Exceptions
Overriding requirements: the building blocks necessary for certification
Standard of seed at the time of marketing
Re-grading of seed at the time of marketing
Control plots and tests
Packaging and sealing
Labelling
Mixtures of seed
Records
Operations requiring a licence from the Department
Licences for temporary experiments
General provisions relating to licences
Withdrawing certification
Sampling for enforcement purposes
Forms of certificates used for enforcement
Certification for export
Imported seed
Appeals
Civil liability of sellers of seeds
Arrangements for official measures
Fees
Marketing seed under a specific derogation
Marketing seed under a specific derogation
Confidentiality
Licensing in another part of the United Kingdom
Certification in a Crown Dependency
Transitional provision for official labels on exit day
Transitional provisions
Amendments and revocations
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