- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person4
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
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.
sch. 4 para. 2
sch. 4 para. 2
Regulated
- Ensure vegetable seeds meet minimum standards and label correctlyAny Person
s.006
Importation from a country granted equivalence
Regulated
- Label imported seed from equivalent countries with OECD-approved labelAny Person
s.009
Labelling of packages—breeder’s confirmation
Regulated
- Label seed packages correctly before sealing for breeder's confirmationAny Person
25 other provisions — procedural and definitional
sch. 6 para. a
sch. 6 para. a
sch. 6 para. b
sch. 6 para. b
s.001
Title, extent and commencement
s.002
Revocation
s.003
Interpretation
s.004
Seeds to which the regulations apply
s.005
Marketing of seeds
s.005
Conservation Varieties
s.005
Amateur varieties
s.006
Official certificates
s.006
Breeder’s confirmations
s.006
Certification and labelling for export
s.007
Sampling
s.008
Sealing of packages
s.008
Sealing of packages—breeder’s confirmation
s.009
Labelling of packages
s.010
Record of transactions
s.011
Civil liabilities of sellers of seeds
s.011
Certification in a Crown Dependency or a country granted equivalence
s.011
Transitional provision for official labels and supplier's labels on IP completion day
s.s.a
Official Label for a Package of Pre-basic Seed
s.s.b
Official Label for a Package of Basic Seed or for a Package (Other than a Small Package) of Certified Seed
Schedules
Schedules
1 of 39 shown
s.sch004
Previous cropping
Regulated
- Grow seed crops only on land that won't harm seed qualityAny Person
38 other schedules
s.sch002
On receipt of an application in accordance with regulation 6(1)...
s.sch002
Except in the case of Certified Seed of a Conservation...
s.sch002
In the case of Certified Seed of a Conservation Variety,...
s.sch002
Except in the case of Certified Seed of a Conservation...
s.sch002
In the case of Certified Seed of a Conservation Variety...
s.sch002a
On receipt of an application made in accordance with regulation...
s.sch002a
The Ministers shall refuse to issue a breeder’s confirmation in...
s.sch002a
An application under paragraph 2(a) above shall be in writing...
s.sch002a
The Ministers may refuse to issue a breeder’s confirmation in...
s.sch004
Crop health
s.sch004
Isolation distances
s.sch004
Throughout the period of flowering of the crop there shall...
s.sch004
Varietal purity standards
s.sch005
A sample shall be obtained from the seed lot by...
s.sch005
Sampling Instruments
s.sch005
The instrument used for drawing primary samples shall be one...
s.sch005
Methods of Use
s.sch005
Obtaining submitted sample—composite sample division instruments
s.sch005
Methods of Use
s.sch005
Primary sample size
s.sch005
Condition of the Seed Lot
s.sch005
Sampling from Sacks
s.sch005
The containers to be sampled shall be selected at random...
s.sch005
Sampling from small containers
s.sch005
When seed is in moisture-proof containers the opened or pierced...
s.sch005
Sampling from large containers or seed in bulk
s.sch005
Sampling from a seed stream
s.sch006
“Complies with legal standards”
s.sch006
Kind.
s.sch006
Kind
s.sch006
Variety.
s.sch006
Variety.
s.sch006
Category.
s.sch006
Country of production and official inspection authority.
s.sch006
Country of despatch.
s.sch006
Importer.
s.sch006
Quantity of seed.
s.sch006
Official Label for a Package of Seed not Finally Certified
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.