- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person4
Distributor1
Manufacturer1
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
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
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104 duties
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92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
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UK REACH Regulation (retained EU law)
44 duties
Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts
Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016
85 duties
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
75 duties
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.006
Importation from a country granted equivalence
Regulated
- Label imported seed with an OECD-approved labelManufacturer
s.020
Sealing of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
Regulated
- Ensure seed packages with breeder's confirmation are sealed by an authorised personAny Person
s.021
Labelling of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
Regulated
- Label packages of seed with breeder's confirmation correctlyAny Person
35 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation, commencement and extent
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Definitions of seed categories
s.004
Definition of marketing
s.005
Seed to which the Regulations apply
s.006
Marketing of seed
s.007
Mixtures
s.008
Exception for scientific purposes or selection work
s.008
Exception for test and trial seed
s.008
Exception for conservation varieties
s.009
Varietal associations
s.010
General exemptions
s.011
Marketing of officially certified lower germination seed
s.012
Marketing of early movement seed
s.013
Requirement for homogeneity
s.013
Certification and labelling for export
s.014
Applications for official certificates
s.015
Sampling
s.016
Sealing of packages of fully certified seed
s.017
Labelling of packages of fully certified seed
s.018
Marketing of unpacketed seed
s.019
Breeder’s confirmations
s.022
Comparative tests and trials
s.023
Civil liabilities of sellers of seed
s.024
Service of notices
s.025
Written and electronic communication
s.025
Certification in a Crown Dependency or a country granted equivalence
s.025
Transitional provision for official labels on IP completion day
s.026
Amendment to the Seeds (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2002
s.027
Revocations and transitional provisions
Schedules
Schedules
3 of 60 shown
s.sch004
Pests in the seed
Regulated
- Ensure seed is practically free from pests and complies with quarantine rulesAny Person
s.sch006
Packages sealed in Scotland – particulars to be included in the printing or stamp
Regulated
- Print or stamp seed lot reference and sealing date on packagesAny Person
s.sch006
Label for a package of Breeder’s Seed
Regulated
- Label Breeder's Seed packages with required information and buff colourDistributor
57 other schedules
s.sch002
Applications for seed harvested outside the United Kingdom
s.sch003
Particulars to be specified in an official certificate
s.sch003
Particulars to be specified in a breeder’s confirmation
s.sch004
Methods of crop testing
s.sch004
Standards for varietal purity
s.sch004
Standards for varietal purity for hybrid varieties of swede rape
s.sch004
Parental ratio in production of Certified Seed of hybrids of sunflower
s.sch004
Further standards and conditions of varietal purity
s.sch004
Further provisions relating to varietal purity
s.sch004
Methods for official examinations
s.sch004
Varietal identity and varietal purity
s.sch004
Crop inspection
s.sch004
Pests in the crop
s.sch004
Previous cropping
s.sch004
Isolation distances – general
s.sch004
Isolation distances – minimum distance
s.sch004
Standards for varietal purity
s.sch004
Crop conditions for Pre basic Seed
s.sch005
Definitions
s.sch005
Sampling from small containers – primary samples
s.sch005
Sampling from large containers
s.sch005
Sampling from a seed stream
s.sch005
Sampling instruments – general
s.sch005
Sampling instruments – instruments and methods
s.sch005
Sampling instruments – power to allow other instruments and methods
s.sch005
Sampling instruments – instruments for drawing primary samples
s.sch005
Methods of use of dynamic spear samplers, stick samplers, cargo samplers and seed stream samplers – general
s.sch005
Methods of use of dynamic spear samplers, stick samplers, cargo samplers and seed stream samplers – specific
s.sch005
Obtaining a submitted sample – composite sample division instruments
s.sch005
Obtaining a submitted sample
s.sch005
Method of use of riffle divider
s.sch005
Maximum weight of a seed lot
s.sch005
Margin by which seed lots can exceed maximum weight
s.sch005
Minimum weight of a sample
s.sch005
Primary sample size
s.sch005
Condition of the seed lot
s.sch005
Seed lot containers
s.sch005
Sampling from sacks or similar containers
s.sch005
Sampling from small containers – general
s.sch005
Sampling from small containers – moisture proof containers
s.sch006
Method of referring to species of seed
s.sch006
Information to be supplied in respect of seed imported from a country outside the United Kingdom in a package exceeding 2 kilograms net weight
s.sch006
Packages sealed in Scotland – printers' returns
s.sch006
Packages sealed in Scotland – individual serial numbers
s.sch006
Packages sealed in Scotland – printing or stamping
s.sch006
Packages sealed in Scotland – lower germination seed
s.sch006
Packages sealed in Scotland – record keeping for lower germination seed
s.sch006
Seed packages sealed in the United Kingdom but not in Scotland, or outside the United Kingdom
s.sch006
Method of referring to varieties of seed
s.sch006
Official label for a package of Pre-basic Seed
s.sch006
Official label for a package of Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation
s.sch006
Official label for a package of Commercial Seed
s.sch006
Official label for a package of test and trial seed
s.sch006
Official label for a package of seed of a Conservation Variety
s.sch006
Official label for a package of a varietal association of seed
s.sch006
Label for a small package of Pre basic Seed, Basic Seed, Seed of a Certified Generation or Commercial Seed
s.sch006
Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpacketed seed
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.