When applications may be refused
3. The Scottish Ministers may refuse to issue a breeder’s confirmation in respect of a seed lot if it appears to them that–
(a)a sample taken from the seed lot for the purpose of an official examination to ascertain whether the seed lot meets the appropriate standards specified in Part II of Schedule 4 has not been taken in accordance with regulation 15(1);
(b)an official examination of a control plot sown with a sample of the seed lot sown in the field shows that the crop does not meet the appropriate standards specified in Part I of Schedule 4;
(c)there has been a breach of seeds regulations in relation to the seed lot in respect of which application for a breeder’s confirmation has been made.