- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person9
Distributor2
Plus 3 duties 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.004
Seed to which the Regulations apply
Regulated
- Provide contract copy to Scottish Ministers for industrial seed supplyDistributor
s.006
Importation from a country granted equivalence
Regulated
- Label imported beet seed with OECD-approved labelAny Person
s.007
General exemptions
Regulated
- Label seed marketed under a general exemption licence correctlyAny Person
s.016
Breeder's confirmations
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Scottish Ministers must process breeder confirmation applications per Schedule 2Crown / Minister / Government department
s.017
Sampling
Regulated
- Have seed samples taken by a licensed sampler using official methodsAny Person
s.018
Sealing of packages of seed
Regulated
- Do not market seed packages unless properly sealedAny Person
s.019
Labelling of packages of seed
Regulated
- Label seed packages correctly before marketing or possessionAny Person
22 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation, commencement and extent
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Seed Categories
s.005
Definition of marketing
s.006
Marketing of seed
s.008
Exception for scientific purposes or selection work
s.009
Exception for test and trial seed
s.010
Exception for Conservation Varieties
s.011
Marketing of officially certified lower germination seed
s.012
Marketing of early movement seed
s.013
Requirement for homogeneity
s.014
Marketing of unpacketed seed
s.014
Certification and labelling for export
s.015
Official certificates
s.020
Comparative tests and trials
s.021
Civil liabilities of sellers of seed
s.022
Service of notices
s.023
Written and electronic communication
s.023
Certification in a Crown Dependency or a country granted equivalence
s.023
Transitional provision for official labels on IP completion day
s.024
Amendment to the Seeds (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007
s.025
Revocations and supplementary provisions
Schedules
Schedules
7 of 43 shown
s.sch006
Packages sealed in Scotland — particulars to be included in the printing or stamp
Regulated
- Print or stamp seed lot number and sealing date on packagesAny Person
s.sch006
Label for a package of Breeder's Seed
Regulated
- Label Breeder's Seed packages with prescribed informationDistributor
s.sch006
Official label for a package of Pre-Basic Seed
Regulated
- Affix correct official label to packages of Pre-Basic SeedAny Person
s.sch006
Official label for a package of Basic Seed or Certified Seed
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Scottish Ministers must affix compliant official labels to Basic and Certified beet seed packagesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch006
Official label for a package of test and trial seed
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Scottish Ministers or licensed seed samplers must affix test/trial labelsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch006
Labels for packages of lower germination seed
Regulated
- Label lower germination seed correctly before marketingAny Person
s.sch006
Labels for packages of early movement seed
Regulated
- Attach a supplier's label to early movement beet seed packagesAny Person
36 other schedules
s.sch001
Breeder's Seed
s.sch001
Pre-Basic Seed
s.sch001
Basic Seed
s.sch001
Certified Seed
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.sch004
Methods of ascertaining whether crop requirements are met
s.sch004
Methods for official examinations
s.sch004
Varietal identity and varietal purity
s.sch004
Crop inspection
s.sch004
Previous cropping
s.sch004
Isolation distances – minimum distances
s.sch004
Varietal identity and varietal purity
s.sch004
State of health of seed
s.sch004
Standard of germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species
s.sch004
Beet seed may not be introduced into areas recognised as...
s.sch005
Maximum weight of a seed lot
s.sch005
Minimum weight of a submitted sample of seed
s.sch006
Method of referring to species of seed
s.sch006
Inner labels for packages of Pre-Basic Seed, Basic Seed, Certified Seed, lower germination seed, early movement seed and seed in respect of which a breeder's confirmation has been issued
s.sch006
Label for a small ... package of Pre-Basic Seed, Basic Seed or Certified Seed
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 a country 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 in a country other than the United Kingdom
s.sch006
Method of referring to varieties of seed
s.sch006
Official label for a package of seed of a Conservation Variety
s.schedule/1/part/i/paragraph/wrapper1n2
Seeds of sugar beet and fodder beet of the species...
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