24.—(1) The Department may withdraw certification from any seed if satisfied that—
(a)the seed, or the seed from which the crop producing the seed was grown, was incorrectly sampled;
(b)the crop from which the seed was harvested did not meet the conditions in Schedule 2; or
(c)the seed—
(i)did not meet the conditions in Schedule 2 when it was tested; or
(ii)no longer meets those conditions.
(2) The Department may draw a sample (using current international sampling methods insofar as they exist), for the purpose of paragraph (1)(c)(ii).
(3) If certification is withdrawn the Department must notify the certification applicant.
(4) Within 7 days of being notified the certification applicant must notify any person to whom they have sold or supplied the seed.
(5) Any person, other than the certification applicant who has purchased seed, for which official certification has been withdrawn must notify any person to whom any of the seed has been sold or supplied as soon as practicable after receiving notice of the withdrawal.