Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 No. 188

SCHEDULE 2 Classification: source material for planting, requirements and tolerances for the growing crop

1.  In the course of certification of any seed potatoes produced in Northern Ireland, an authorised officer may classify the potatoes as being pre-basic seed potatoes or basic seed potatoes of a class specified in Column 1 of Table I (pre-basic seed potatoes) or Table II (basic seed potatoes) to this Schedule if he is satisfied—

(a) that the seed potatoes are derived from source material of the kind specified in the entry in Column 2 corresponding to that class;

(b) that the requirements specified in the entry in Column 3 corresponding to that class have been met; and

(c) on a sample that any of the tolerances specified in the entry in Column 4 corresponding to that class have not been exceeded.