UK Statutory Instrument
1993
United Kingdom
The Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993
At a glance
What's here
1 compliance obligation
Who this Act binds
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- Any Person 1
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What this Act requires
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Schedules
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Except in the case of Certified Seed of a Conservation...
In the case of Certified Seed of a Conservation Variety,...
Except in the case of Certified Seed of a Conservation...
In the case of Certified Seed of a Conservation Variety...
On receipt of an application made in accordance with regulation...
The Ministers shall refuse to issue a breeder’s confirmation in...
An application under paragraph 2(a) above shall be in writing...
The Ministers may refuse to issue a breeder’s confirmation in...
Crop health
Previous cropping
Isolation distances
Throughout the period of flowering of the crop there shall...
Varietal purity standards
A sample shall be obtained from the seed lot by...
Sampling Instruments
The instrument used for drawing primary samples shall be one...
Methods of Use
Obtaining submitted sample—composite sample division instruments
Methods of Use
Primary sample size
Condition of the Seed Lot
Sampling from Sacks
The containers to be sampled shall be selected at random...
Sampling from small containers
When seed is in moisture-proof containers the opened or pierced...
Sampling from large containers or seed in bulk
Sampling from a seed stream
“Complies with legal standards”
Kind.
Kind
Variety.
Variety.
Category.
Country of production and official inspection authority.
Country of despatch.
Importer.
Quantity of seed.
Official Label for a Package of Seed not Finally Certified
Labelling of packages—breeder’s confirmation
- Label seed packages correctly before sealing for breeder's confirmation Any Person
Browse 27 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
sch. 4 para. 2
sch. 6 para. a
sch. 6 para. b
Title, extent and commencement
So far as the Ministers can ascertain them, by the...
Revocation
Varietal identity and varietal purity
Interpretation
Crop inspections
Seeds to which the regulations apply
Marketing of seeds
Conservation Varieties
Amateur varieties
Official certificates
Breeder’s confirmations
Importation from a country granted equivalence
Certification and labelling for export
Sampling
Sealing of packages
Sealing of packages—breeder’s confirmation
Labelling of packages
Record of transactions
Civil liabilities of sellers of seeds
Certification in a Crown Dependency or a country granted equivalence
Transitional provision for official labels and supplier's labels on IP completion day
Official Label for a Package of Pre-basic Seed
Official Label for a Package of Basic Seed or for a Package (Other than a Small Package) of Certified Seed
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