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The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

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Sealing of packages

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27.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall not seal a package of—

(a)officially certified pre-basic, basic, CS, C1, C2 or commercial seed, or

(b)a mixture of seeds to which regulation 24 applies,

except a person to whom paragraph (5) applies.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of—

(a)a small EC A or B package of a mixture of seeds to which regulation 24 applies, or

(b)a small EC B package of officially certified basic, CS, C1, C2 or commercial seed.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), no person shall reseal a package of—

(a)officially certified pre-basic, basic, CS, C1, C2 or commercial seed, or

(b)a mixture of seeds to which regulation 24 applies,

except a person to whom paragraph (5) applies.

(4) Paragraph (3) shall not apply where a package has been resealed that had previously been opened by the final consumer of the seed for the purpose of using some of the seed in the package.

(5) A person shall not seal or reseal a package of test and trial seed except a person to whom paragraph (6) applies.

(6) This paragraph applies to—

(a)an authorised officer and any person being supervised by such a person, and

(b)a licensed seed sampler and any person being supervised by such a person.

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