7.—(1) A registered person who has sown seed from an entered or late entered seed lot from which it is intended to produce a crop from which pre-basic, basic, CS, C1, C2 or C3 seed is to be harvested shall notify the Department that he has sown the seed.
(2) A notification given under this regulation—
(a)shall be given in such form and manner as the Department may require;
(b)shall be given within such time as the Department may require;
(c)shall specify the reference number of the seed lot from which the sown seed has been taken; and
(d)shall be accompanied by such information and other documents as the Department may require.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the Department shall acknowledge receipt of a notification made under this regulation.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), unless specifically requested to do so by the applicant, the Department shall not individually acknowledge the receipt of each notification given under this regulation that it receives but shall periodically provide the applicant with a list of those crops for which it has received such a notification.
(5) Where the Department has previously provided the applicant with a list of those crops for which it has received a notification under this regulation from the applicant, any subsequent list periodically provided to the applicant under paragraph (4) shall list only those crops in respect of which the Department has received a notification under this regulation from him since last providing the applicant with such a list.