Pests in the seed
- Ensure fodder plant seed is free from harmful pests Any Person
Scottish Statutory Instrument
2005
United Kingdom
The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005
At a glance
What's here
7 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 6
Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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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
Pests in the crop
- Ensure fodder seed crops are practically free from harmful pests and comply with quarantine pest rules Any Person
Packages sealed in Scotland – particulars to be included in the printing or stamp
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Scottish Ministers must print seed lot reference and sealing date on packages Crown / Minister / Government department
Browse 68 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
Particulars to be specified in an authorisation to market a preservation mixture
Methods of ascertaining whether crop requirements are met
Crop conditions for Pre basic Seed
Standards for varietal purity
Standards for germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species
Standards regarding content of seeds of other plant species
Varietal identity and varietal purity
Crop inspection
Previous cropping
Limitations on number of harvest years
Isolation distances – general
Isolation distances – minimum distances
Standards for varietal purity
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
Obtaining a submitted sample
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
Increase to maximum weight of a seed lot of grasses
Margin by which seed lots can exceed maximum weight
Maximum weight of a seed lot of mixtures
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
Label for a small ... A or small ... B package of Mixtures
Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpacketed seed
Information to be supplied in respect of seed imported from 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 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 mixture of seeds to which regulation 8 applies
Further particulars to be given in respect of a mixture of seeds – other than a mixture in a small package of seeds not intended for use for agricultural purposes where said mixtures contain Festulolium
Producer’s label for a package of seed of a preservation mixture
Label for a small ... B package of Basic Seed, Seed of a Certified Generation or Commercial Seed
Sampling
- Take seed samples correctly for official examinations Any Person
Breeder’s confirmations
- Apply for breeder's confirmation in writing, with required information, within deadline Any Person
Sealing of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
- Keep seed packages with breeder's confirmation sealed and only open as allowed Any Person
Labelling of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
- Label seed packages with breeder's confirmation correctly Any Person
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
The mixture does not contain Avena fatua , Avena sterilis...
Seed to which the Regulations apply
The maximum content of Rumex spp. , other than Rumex...
Marketing of seed
Importation from a country granted equivalence
Marketing of seed of a Higher Voluntary Standard
Mixtures
Preservation 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
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
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 or producer's labels on IP completion day
Amendment to the Seeds (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2002
Revocations and supplementary provisions
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