The Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/1878
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 20th August 1993.

Section 2 Amendment of the Seed Potatoes Regulations 1991

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(1) The Seed Potatoes Regulations 1991( ) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph 6(2)(d) of Part III of Schedule 1, (classification of certified seed potatoes) in column 1 of the Table (diseases) the words “(including tobacco veinal necrosis virus infection)” shall be deleted.

(3) In paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 (classification of basic seed potatoes), in column 3 (tolerances)–

(a) opposite the entry relating to Class Elite 1 (E1), for paragraphs (ii) and (iii) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

(ii) total virus disease (leafroll, severe mosaic and mild mosaic)–0.5% of which not more than 0.1% (in total) shall be of leafroll and severe mosaic.

(b) opposite the entry relating to Class AA for paragraphs (i) to (iv) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:–

(i) deviations from variety and type and groundkeepers–0.1%;

(ii) total virus disease (leafroll, severe mosaic and mild mosaic)–1.0%, of which not more than 0.25% (in total) shall be of leafroll and severe mosaic;

(iii) blackleg–1%