The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

PART II MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF A SEED LOT AND MINIMUM WEIGHT OF A SUBMITTED SAMPLE

Maximum weight of a seed lot

23.  Subject to paragraphs 24 and 25, the maximum weight of a seed lot shall be that set out in column 2 of the table in paragraph 26 in relation to the corresponding entry in column 1 of the table.

Margin by which seed lots can exceed maximum weight

24.  A seed lot may exceed the maximum weight for a seed lot set out in column 2 of the table in paragraph 26 by not more than 5%.

Maximum weight of a seed lot of mixtures

25.  The maximum weight of a seed lot to which regulation 8 applies shall be 10 tonnes, except that, where more than 50% of the mixture consists of species of seeds for which the maximum seed lot weight prescribed in seeds regulations is more than 10 tonnes, the maximum weight of a mixture shall be that of the larger or largest seed lot.

Minimum weight of a sample

26.  The minimum weight of a sample submitted for official examination shall be that specified in column 3 of the following table in relation to the corresponding entry in column 1 of the table–

Species	Maximum weight of a lot (tonnes)	Minimum weight of a sample to be drawn from a lot (grams)	Weight of the sample for the determinations by number provided for in Schedule 4, Part II, paragraph 14, Table I columns 3 to 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16 together with paragraph 14 Table II columns 3 to 7, 9 and 13.
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Grasses
Alaska brome-grass	10	200	200
Annual meadowgrass	10	50	10
Brown top	10	50	5
Cocksfoot	10	100	30
Creeping bent	10	50	5
Festulolium	10	200	60
Hybrid ryegrass	10	200	60
Italian ryegrass (including Westerwolds ryegrass)	10	200	60
Meadow fescue	10	100	50
Perennial ryegrass	10	200	60
Red fescue, Chewings fescue	10	100	30
Red top	10	50	5
Rescue grass	10	200	200
Rough-stalked meadowgrass	10	50	5
Sheep’s fescue, including Fine-leaved fescue, Hard fescue	10	100	30
Small Timothy	10	50	10
Smooth-stalked meadowgrass	10	50	5
Tall oatgrass	10	200	80
Tall fescue	10	100	50
Timothy	10	50	10
Velvet bent	10	50	5
Wood meadowgrass	10	50	5
Legumes
Alsike clover	10	200	20
Birdsfoot trefoil	10	200	30
Common vetch	25	1,000	1,000
Field bean	25	1,000	1,000
Field pea	25	1,000	1,000
Hairy vetch	20	1,000	1,000
Hungarian vetch	20	1,000	1,000
Lucerne	10	300	50
Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)	25	1,000	1,000
Red clover	10	300	50
Sainfoin
(a) fruit	10	600	600
(b) seed	10	400	400
Trefoil, Black medick	10	300	50
White clover	10	200	20
White lupin	25	1,000	1,000
Yellow lupin	25	1,000	1,000
Others
Fodder kale	10	200	100
Fodder radish	10	300	300
Swede	10	200	100