The Cereal Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/1091
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Cereal Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1987.

(2) These Regulations, except regulation 2(3)(b)(ii) shall come into force on 27th July 1987.

(3) Regulation 2(3)(b)(ii) shall come into force on 1st July 1988.

Section 2 Amendment

(1) The Cereal Seeds Regulations 1985 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (3)(a) of regulation 5 (marketing of seeds) for the words “in Schedule 4,” there shall be substituted the words “in Schedule 4 or Schedule 5,”.

(3) In Schedule 5 (sampling of seed lots)—

(a) in Part I, in paragraph 9 after the words “an automatic sampling device” there shall be inserted the words “approved by the Minister”, and

(b) in Part II—

(i) for the words “The maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be as indicated below:—” there shall be substituted the following words:—

The maximum weight of a seed lot shall be as indicated below (or a weight which does not exceed that indicated below by more than 5 per cent) and the minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be as indicated below:—

(ii) in paragraph a. for the words “20 tonnes” in each place in which they appear there shall be substituted the words “25 tonnes”; and

(c) in Part I of Schedule 6 (contents of official labels) in paragraph D (a) 8, the words “For mixtures of varieties” shall be omitted.