- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person4
Distributor2
Manufacturer1
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
Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts
Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016
85 duties
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
75 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.011
Detailed requirements for certification
Regulated
- Follow the certification process for seed crops in WalesAny Person
s.012
Crop inspections
Regulated
- Licensed crop inspector must carry out certification inspectionsAny Person
s.016
Packaging and sealing
Regulated
- Package and seal seed correctly using licensed samplerAny Person
36 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Title, application and commencement
s.002
Meaning of “marketing”
s.003
Interpretation of other terms
s.004
Seed to which these Regulations apply
s.005
Categories of seed
s.006
Breeder's seed
s.007
Maintainers for pre-basic and basic seed
s.008
Marketing seed
s.009
Exceptions
s.010
Overriding requirements for certification
s.013
Standard of seed at the time of marketing
s.014
Re-grading a crop or seed
s.015
Control plots and tests
s.017
Labelling
s.018
Mixtures of seed
s.019
Records
s.020
Operations requiring a licence from the Welsh Ministers
s.021
Licensing crop inspectors, seed samplers and seed testing stations
s.021
Licences for temporary experiments
s.022
General provisions relating to licences
s.023
Withdrawing certification
s.024
Sampling for enforcement purposes
s.025
Forms of certificates used for enforcement
s.026
Certification for export
s.027
Importation from a country granted equivalence
s.028
Appeals
s.028
Arrangements for official measures
s.029
Fees
s.030
Marketing seed under a specific derogation
s.031
Confidentiality
s.032
Licensing and certifying in another part of the United Kingdom
s.032
Certification in a Crown Dependency or a country granted equivalence
s.032
Transitional provision for official labels on implementation period completion day
s.033
Transitional provisions
s.034
Revocation
s.paragraph/wrapper1
Permitted mixtures
Schedules
Schedules
5 of 97 shown
s.sch003
Labelling a package
Regulated
- Attach or print supplier's label indelibly on seed packagesDistributor
s.sch003
Fodder seed other than a mixture: labelling requirements
Regulated
- Label small fodder seed packages correctlyDistributor
s.sch003
Fodder seed mixture: labelling requirements
Regulated
- Label fodder seed mixtures correctly on small packagesAny Person
s.sch003
Official labels: general requirements
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Must use official labels on seed packages that meet specific requirementsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch004
Marketing preservation mixtures which include uncertified fodder seed
Regulated
- Apply for authorisation to market preservation mixtures with uncertified fodder seedManufacturer
92 other schedules
s.sch001
Plants to which the Regulations apply Common name (for...
s.sch002
Scope of Part 1
s.sch002
Meaning of “pre-basic seed” (including hybrids)
s.sch002
Meaning of “basic seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
s.sch002
Crop and seed requirements
s.sch002
Higher voluntary standards for cereals
s.sch002
Additional requirements for barley, wheat, durum wheat and spelt wheat
s.sch002
Seed from other plants
s.sch002
Ergot and sclerotia
s.sch002
Interpretation
s.sch002
Scope of Part 3
s.sch002
Permitted types of fodder seed
s.sch002
Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “basic seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
s.sch002
Meaning of “commercial seed”
s.sch002
Crop and seed requirements
s.sch002
Higher voluntary standards for fodder seed
s.sch002
Permitted types of beet seed
s.sch002
Minimum standards for purity and other species of seed in the sample
s.sch002
Scope of Part 4
s.sch002
Permitted types of oil and fibre seed
s.sch002
Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “basic seed” for non-hybrid varieties
s.sch002
Meaning of “basic seed” for inbred lines
s.sch002
Meaning of “basic seed” for simple hybrids
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
s.sch002
Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed, third generation”
s.sch002
Meaning of “commercial seed”
s.sch002
Crop and seed requirements
s.sch002
Requirements for a varietal association
s.sch002
Scope of Part 5
s.sch002
Permitted types of vegetable seed
s.sch002
Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “basic seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “standard seed”
s.sch002
Meaning of “basic seed”
s.sch002
Crop and seed requirements
s.sch002
Meaning of “certified seed”
s.sch002
Crop and seed requirements
s.sch002
Scope of Part 2
s.sch002
Permitted types of cereal seed
s.sch002
Interpretation
s.sch003
Types of label
s.sch003
Introduction
s.sch003
Additional requirements for beet seed
s.sch003
Additional requirements for cereal seed
s.sch003
Additional requirements for fodder seed
s.sch003
Additional requirements for oil and fibre seed
s.sch003
Meaning of “supplier's label”
s.sch003
References to weights in this Part
s.sch003
Breeder's seed: supplier's labels
s.sch003
Beet seed: supplier's labels
s.sch003
Time of labelling
s.sch003
Cereal seed: supplier's labels
s.sch003
Fodder seed (agricultural or amenity): packages that may be labelled with a supplier's label
s.sch003
Oil and fibre seed: supplier's labels
s.sch003
Vegetable seed: supplier's labels
s.sch003
Sales of loose seed
s.sch003
Genetically modified varieties
s.sch003
Chemical treatment of seed
s.sch003
Official labels for pre-basic seed
s.sch003
Official labels for basic seed and certified seed
s.sch003
Official labels for commercial seed not certified as to variety
s.sch003
Labelling mixtures
s.sch004
Early multiplication of seed
s.sch004
Marketing unlisted varieties of vegetable seed
s.sch004
Marketing for scientific or selection purposes
s.sch004
Restrictions relating to genetically modified seed
s.sch004
Marketing imported seed to be labelled as HVS
s.sch004
Marketing seed certified in another European Single Market State
s.sch004
Marketing seed of amateur vegetable varieties
s.sch004
Seed not finally certified, harvested in another European Single Market State
s.sch004
Seed not finally certified, harvested in a country granted equivalence
s.sch004
Marketing extensions
s.sch004
Seed as grown
s.sch004
Farm saved seed
s.sch004
Seed with a declared lower germination
s.sch004
Early movement of seed
s.sch004
Tetrazolium testing for cereal seed
s.sch004
Marketing seed of conservation varieties
s.sch004
Marketing unlisted varieties (other than vegetable seed) for tests and trials
s.schedule/2/part/2/chapter/2/paragraph/wrapper3n2
Seed of other species
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