Crop inspection
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Scottish Ministers must carry out official field inspections of cereal seed crops Crown / Minister / Government department
Scottish Statutory Instrument
2005
United Kingdom
The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005
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What's here
4 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
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Schedules
Packages sealed in Scotland – particulars to be included in the printing or stamp
- Print or stamp seed lot number and sealing date on packages at sampling
Browse 71 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Applications for seed harvested in the United Kingdom
When applications will be refused
When applications may be refused
Applications for seed harvested outside the United Kingdom
Applications
When applications will be refused
When applications may be refused
Particulars to be specified in an official certificate
Particulars to be specified in a breeder’s confirmation
Methods of ascertaining whether crop requirements are met
Standards for other cereal species
Crop standards for loose smut infection
Crop conditions for Pre basic Seed
Standards for varietal purity
Production of Certified Seed of hybrids of maize
Standards for varietal purity for hybrid varieties of rye and cytoplasmic male sterility hybrid varieties of barley, durum wheat, spelt wheat and wheat
Standards of germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species
Pests in the seed
Standards for loose smut infection
Moisture content
Varietal identity and varietal purity
Methods for official examinations
Pests in the crop
Previous cropping
Isolation distances – general
Isolation distances — minimum distances
Standards for varietal purity
Standards for wild oats contamination
Definitions
Sampling from small containers – primary samples
Sampling from large containers
Sampling of seed lots intended to be Excepted Seed Marketed in Bulk
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
Obtaining a sample for moisture tests
Obtaining a submitted sample – composite sample division instruments
Method of use of riffle divider
Method of use of a centrifugal divider
Maximum weight of a seed lot
Margin by which seed lots can exceed maximum weight
Maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a sample
Primary sample size
Condition of the seed lot
Seed lot containers
Sampling from sacks – minimum number of containers to be sampled
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
Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpacketed seed which is a mixture to which regulation 8 applies
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
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 a mixture of seeds to which regulation 8 applies
Official label for a package of test and trial seed
Official label for a package of seed of a Conservation Variety
Label for a small package of Pre basic Seed, Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation
Label for a small package of a mixture of seeds to which regulation 8 applies
Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpacketed seed which is not a mixture of seeds to which regulation 8 applies
Sealing of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
- Ensure sealed packages for seed with breeder's confirmation
Labelling of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
- Label cereal seed packages correctly for breeder’s confirmation
Browse 37 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
Moisture content
Seed to which the Regulations apply
Varietal purity
Marketing of seed
Importation from a country granted equivalence
Marketing of seed of a Higher Voluntary Standard
Mixtures
Exception for scientific purposes or selection work
Exception for test and trial seed
Exception for Conservation Varieties
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
Marketing of Excepted Seed Marketed in Bulk
Breeder’s confirmations
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 supplementary provisions
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