3. A person shall not engage in a seed industry activity unless he is registered by the Department as a person who may engage in that activity.
4.—(1) A person may apply to the Department to be registered as a person who may engage in a seed industry activity.
(2) An application made under paragraph (1) may relate to all seed industry activities or to any one or more of them and shall—
(a)be made in such form and manner as the Department may require; and
(b)be accompanied by such information relating to the applicant’s proposed business and such other information as the Department may reasonably require for the purpose of determining whether the applicant is a suitable person to be registered as a person who may engage in the seed industry activity to which his application relates.
5.—(1) Where an application is made under regulation 4 the Department shall, after carrying out such investigations and inspections as the Department may think fit, register the applicant as a person who may engage in the seed industry activity to which his application relates if the Department is satisfied that the applicant is a suitable person to engage in such activity.
(2) In deciding whether an applicant is a suitable person to engage in the seed industry activity to which his application relates the Department may take into account the matters specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1.
6. A registration granted under regulation 5 may be subject to any of the conditions specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 and such other conditions as the Department may think necessary or desirable.
7. If a registered person requests the Department to terminate his registration in respect of any or all of the seed industry activities that he is registered as being entitled to engage in the Department shall comply with the request.
8. Subject to regulation 36, the Department may revoke a person’s registration relating to his entitlement to engage in a seed industry activity if—
(a)the Department is satisfied that the person is not complying with any of the conditions to which his registration is subject;
(b)she is satisfied that there is no longer available to the person such premises, machinery, equipment, facilities or personnel and services as are necessary to enable him to engage in the seed industry activity;
(c)the person has been found guilty of committing any offence under section 3 of the Act; or
(d)the Department is otherwise no longer satisfied that the person is a suitable person to engage in the seed industry activity.
9. The Department—
(a)shall keep a list containing the names and addresses of registered persons who may engage in a seed industry activity specifying, in the case of each registered person, the seed industry activity in respect of which they are registered;
(b)shall make the list available for inspection by any person at any reasonable time; and
(c)may from time to time publish the list in such manner as the Department thinks appropriate.