Pests in the seed
- Ensure seed is practically free from pests and complies with quarantine rules
Scottish Statutory Instrument
2004
United Kingdom
The Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2004
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4 compliance obligations
What this Act requires
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Schedules
Packages sealed in Scotland – particulars to be included in the printing or stamp
- Print or stamp seed lot reference and sealing date on packages
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Applications for seed harvested outside the United Kingdom
Particulars to be specified in an official certificate
Particulars to be specified in a breeder’s confirmation
Methods of crop testing
Standards for varietal purity
Standards for varietal purity for hybrid varieties of swede rape
Parental ratio in production of Certified Seed of hybrids of sunflower
Further standards and conditions of varietal purity
Further provisions relating to varietal purity
Methods for official examinations
Varietal identity and varietal purity
Crop inspection
Pests in the crop
Previous cropping
Isolation distances – general
Isolation distances – minimum distance
Standards for varietal purity
Crop conditions for Pre basic Seed
Definitions
Sampling from small containers – primary samples
Sampling from large containers
Sampling from a seed stream
Sampling instruments – general
Sampling instruments – instruments and methods
Sampling instruments – power to allow other instruments and methods
Sampling instruments – instruments for drawing primary samples
Methods of use of dynamic spear samplers, stick samplers, cargo samplers and seed stream samplers – general
Methods of use of dynamic spear samplers, stick samplers, cargo samplers and seed stream samplers – specific
Obtaining a submitted sample – composite sample division instruments
Obtaining a submitted sample
Method of use of riffle divider
Maximum weight of a seed lot
Margin by which seed lots can exceed maximum weight
Minimum weight of a sample
Primary sample size
Condition of the seed lot
Seed lot containers
Sampling from sacks or similar containers
Sampling from small containers – general
Sampling from small containers – moisture proof containers
Method of referring to species of seed
Information to be supplied in respect of seed imported from a country outside the United Kingdom in a package exceeding 2 kilograms net weight
Packages sealed in Scotland – printers' returns
Packages sealed in Scotland – individual serial numbers
Packages sealed in Scotland – printing or stamping
Packages sealed in Scotland – lower germination seed
Packages sealed in Scotland – record keeping for lower germination seed
Seed packages sealed in the United Kingdom but not in Scotland, or outside the United Kingdom
Method of referring to varieties of seed
Label for a package of Breeder’s Seed
Official label for a package of Pre-basic Seed
Official label for a package of Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation
Official label for a package of Commercial Seed
Official label for a package of test and trial seed
Official label for a package of seed of a Conservation Variety
Official label for a package of a varietal association of seed
Label for a small package of Pre basic Seed, Basic Seed, Seed of a Certified Generation or Commercial Seed
Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpacketed seed
Sealing of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
- Ensure seed packages with breeder's confirmation are sealed by an authorised person
Labelling of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
- Label packages of seed with breeder's confirmation correctly
Browse 36 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation, commencement and extent
Applications for seed harvested in the United Kingdom
Interpretation
When applications will be refused
Definitions of seed categories
When applications may be refused
Definition of marketing
Seed to which the Regulations apply
Marketing of seed
Importation from a country granted equivalence
Sampling from sacks – minimum number of containers to be sampled
Mixtures
Exception for scientific purposes or selection work
Exception for test and trial seed
Exception for conservation varieties
Varietal associations
General exemptions
Marketing of officially certified lower germination seed
Marketing of early movement seed
Requirement for homogeneity
Certification and labelling for export
Applications for official certificates
Sampling
Sealing of packages of fully certified seed
Labelling of packages of fully certified seed
Marketing of unpacketed seed
Breeder’s confirmations
Methods of use of a centrifugal divider
Comparative tests and trials
Civil liabilities of sellers of seed
Service of notices
Written and electronic communication
Certification in a Crown Dependency or a country granted equivalence
Transitional provision for official labels on IP completion day
Amendment to the Seeds (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2002
Revocations and transitional provisions
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