Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 23rd August 1996.
Amendment of the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994
2. For sub-paragraph (a) of Part II of Schedule 5 (maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a submitted sample) to the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(1) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(a)The maximum weight of a seed lot shall be—
(i)for seeds of Hairy vetch and Hungarian vetch, 20 tonnes;
(ii)for seeds of Common vetch, Field bean, Field pea, Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin), White lupin and Yellow lupin, 25 tonnes.”
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on 23rd July 1996.
L.S.
L. G. McKibben
Assistant Secretary