The Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/1093
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 27th July 1987.

Section 2 Amendment

The Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1985 shall be amended as follows–

(a) 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,”;

(b) in regulation 9(5) (labelling of packages) the words “of at least the minimum size and” shall be omitted;

(c) in Part II of Schedule 4 (requirements for basic seed, certified seed and standard seed), in paragraph 2(a), in the fourth column of the table for the entry “70” in relation to Calabrese and Sprouting broccoli there shall be substituted the entry “75”; and

(d) in Schedule 5 (sampling of seed lots)–

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

(ii) in Part II, 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%) and the minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be as indicated below:–