Propagating material (other than mother plants and rootstocks)
3.—(1) Propagating material (other than mother plants and other than rootstocks not belonging to a variety) may be certified as pre-basic material if that material meets the requirements in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) The requirements are that the propagating material—
(a)is directly propagated from a mother plant that has been—
(i)accepted in accordance with paragraph 5; or
(ii)obtained by multiplication or by micropropagation in accordance with paragraph 13;
(b)has been verified by an inspector as being true to the description of its variety in accordance with paragraph 7;
(c)has been maintained in accordance with paragraph 8;
(d)complies with the health requirement in paragraph 10;
(e)where authorised by the Department under paragraph 8(2) to be grown in the field under non-insect proof conditions, has been grown in soil that is found, by sampling and testing, to comply with paragraph 11; and
(f)complies with the requirements concerning defects in paragraph 12;
(3) Where a pre-basic mother plant or pre-basic material no longer fulfils the requirements in sub-paragraphs 2(b) to (f) or paragraph 8, the supplier must—
(a)remove the mother plant or material from the vicinity of other pre-basic mother plants and pre-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 basic material, certified material or CAC material provided the mother plant or material fulfils the requirements set out in these Regulations for the respective categories.