- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person9
Distributor1
Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
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
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
Distributor — also bound by 182 other Acts
UK REACH Regulation (retained EU law)
44 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
- Use OECD-approved labels on imported equivalent seedAny Person
s.015
Sampling
Regulated
- Take seed samples correctly for official examinationsAny Person
s.020
Breeder’s confirmations
Regulated
- Apply for breeder's confirmation in writing, with required information, within deadlineAny Person
s.021
Sealing of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
Regulated
- Keep seed packages with breeder's confirmation sealed and only open as allowedAny Person
s.022
Labelling of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
Regulated
- Label seed packages 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
Marketing of seed of a Higher Voluntary Standard
s.008
Mixtures
s.008
Preservation mixtures
s.009
Exception for scientific purposes or selection work
s.009
Exception for test and trial seed
s.009
Exception for conservation varieties
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.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
Marketing of Excepted Seed Marketed in Bulk
s.023
Comparative tests and trials
s.024
Civil liabilities of sellers of seed
s.025
Service of notices
s.026
Written and electronic communication
s.026
Certification in a Crown Dependency or a country granted equivalence
s.026
Transitional provision for official or producer's labels on IP completion day
s.027
Amendment to the Seeds (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2002
s.028
Revocations and supplementary provisions
Schedules
Schedules
6 of 71 shown
s.sch004
Pests in the seed
Regulated
- Ensure fodder plant seed is free from harmful pestsAny Person
s.sch004
Standards for germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species
Regulated
- Ensure fodder plant seed meets germination, purity and content standardsAny Person
s.sch004
Pests in the crop
Regulated
- Ensure fodder seed crops are practically free from harmful pests and comply with quarantine pest rulesAny Person
s.sch006
Packages sealed in Scotland – printers' returns
Regulated
- Arrange for printers to report package serial numbers to Scottish MinistersAny Person
s.sch006
Packages sealed in Scotland – particulars to be included in the printing or stamp
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Scottish Ministers must print seed lot reference and sealing date on packagesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch006
Label for a package of Breeder’s Seed
Regulated
- Correctly label Breeder's Seed packages with buff labelsDistributor
65 other schedules
s.sch002
Applications for seed harvested in the United Kingdom
s.sch002
When applications will be refused
s.sch002
When applications may be refused
s.sch002
Applications for seed harvested outside the United Kingdom
s.sch002
Applications
s.sch002
When applications will be refused
s.sch002
When applications may be refused
s.sch003
Particulars to be specified in an official certificate
s.sch003
Particulars to be specified in a breeder’s confirmation
s.sch003
Particulars to be specified in an authorisation to market a preservation mixture
s.sch004
Methods of ascertaining whether crop requirements are met
s.sch004
Crop conditions for Pre basic Seed
s.sch004
Standards for varietal purity
s.sch004
Standards regarding content of seeds of other plant species
s.sch004
Varietal identity and varietal purity
s.sch004
Crop inspection
s.sch004
Previous cropping
s.sch004
Limitations on number of harvest years
s.sch004
Isolation distances – general
s.sch004
Isolation distances – minimum distances
s.sch004
Standards for varietal purity
s.sch005
Definitions
s.sch005
Sampling from small containers – primary samples
s.sch005
Sampling from large containers
s.sch005
Sampling of seed lots intended to be Excepted Seed Marketed in Bulk
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
s.sch005
Obtaining a submitted sample
s.sch005
Obtaining a submitted sample – composite sample division instruments
s.sch005
Method of use of riffle divider
s.sch005
Method of use of a centrifugal divider
s.sch005
Maximum weight of a seed lot
s.sch005
Increase to maximum weight of a seed lot of grasses
s.sch005
Margin by which seed lots can exceed maximum weight
s.sch005
Maximum weight of a seed lot of mixtures
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 – minimum number of containers to be sampled
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
Label for a small ... A or small ... B package of Mixtures
s.sch006
Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpacketed seed
s.sch006
Information to be supplied in respect of seed imported from outside the United Kingdom in a package exceeding 2 kilograms net weight
s.sch006
Packages sealed in Scotland – individual serial numbers
s.sch006
Packages sealed in Scotland – printing or stamping
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 mixture of seeds to which regulation 8 applies
s.sch006
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
s.sch006
Producer’s label for a package of seed of a preservation mixture
s.sch006
Label for a small ... B package of Basic Seed, Seed of a Certified Generation or Commercial Seed
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.