The Seed Marketing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Crop inspections

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12.  A crop inspection for certification must be carried out by a licensed crop inspector; except for the inspection of—

(a)a crop intended for the production of pre-basic or basic seed; or

(b)a crop producing seed when the entry of seed under regulation 11 was too late to allow the Department to grow a control plot,

when the inspection must be carried out by an official crop inspector appointed by the Department for the purpose of such an inspection.