Propagating material (other than mother plants and other than rootstocks not belonging to a variety)
14.—(1) Propagating material (other than basic mother plants and other than rootstocks not belonging to a variety) may be certified as basic material if that material meets the requirements in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) The requirements are that the propagating material—
(a)is propagated from a basic mother plant that has been—
(i)grown from pre-basic material; or
(ii)produced by multiplication from a basic mother plant in accordance with paragraph 19;
(b)has been verified by an inspector as being true to the description of its variety in accordance with paragraph 7;
(c)complies with the time period referred to in paragraph 8(4);
(d)complies with the requirements concerning defects in paragraph 12;
(e)complies with the health requirements in paragraph 16;
(f)has been grown in soil that is found, by sampling and testing, to comply with paragraph 17;
(g)has been maintained in accordance with paragraph 18; and
(h)where grown from pre-basic material, has been multiplied in accordance with paragraph 19.
(3) Where a basic mother plant or basic material no longer fulfils the requirements in sub-paragraphs 2(b) to (f) or paragraph 8(1), the supplier must either—
(a)remove the mother plant or material from the vicinity of other basic mother plants and basic material; or
(b)take appropriate measures to ensure that the mother plant or the material complies with those requirements again.
(4) A supplier may use any mother plant or material removed in accordance with sub-paragraph (3)(a) as certified material or CAC material provided the mother plant or material fulfils the requirements set out in these Regulations for the respective categories.
(5) For the purpose of this paragraph, any reference to pre-basic mother plants or to pre-basic material in paragraphs 7, 8(1) and (4) and 12 is to be construed as reference to basic mother plants or, as the case may be, to basic material.