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The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010.

(2) Regulations 1, 2(b), 4 and 5 come into force on 29th March 2010.

(3) Regulations 2(a) and 3 come into force on 1st July 2010.

Amendment to the Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2000

2.  The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2000(1) are amended in accordance with—

(a)regulation 3; and

(b)regulations 4 and 5.

Amendment of Schedule 1 (classification: certification conditions)

3.  In Schedule 1 (classification: certification conditions) in paragraph 3, for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

(i)in any case where potato cyst nematode has been found on the land on which the seed potatoes are growing—

(i)the land is no longer demarcated as infected with potato cyst nematode under Schedule 15 to the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005(2);

(ii)six years have elapsed since the last positive finding; and

(iii)the land on which the seed potatoes are grown or were grown is land which has not been used for growing potatoes at any time during the period, in the case of a crop for which an application for inspection as Pre-basic, class generation 1, 2, 3 or 4 seed potatoes has been made, of seven years, and in the case of all other crops, of five years, immediately preceding the planting of the crop;.

Amendment of Schedule 2 (classification: source material, other requirements and tolerances)

4.  In Schedule 2 (classification: source material, other requirements and tolerances)—

(a)in Table I (pre-basic seed potatoes) for the entries in relation to “Class Pre-basic Tissue Culture (PBTC)” and “Class Pre-basic, class generation 1 (PB 1)” in column 4 (tolerances), after “(v) blackleg – nil” insert “; (vi) Dickeya spp. – nil”; and

(b)in Table II (basic seed potatoes)—

(i)for the entry in relation to “Class Super Elite, class generation 1 (SE1)” in column 4 (tolerances), after “(v) blackleg – 0.25%” insert “; (vi) Dickeya spp. – nil”;

(ii)for the entry in relation to “Class Elite, class generation 1 (E1)” in column 4 (tolerances), after “(iii) blackleg – 0.5%”, insert “; (iv) Dickeya spp. – nil”; and

(iii)for the entry in relation to “Class A” in column 4 (tolerances), after “(iii) blackleg – 1%”, insert “; (iv) Dickeya spp. – nil”.

Amendment of Schedule 7 (tolerances for diseases, pests, damages and defects)

5.  In Schedule 7 (tolerances for diseases, pests, damage and defects)—

(a)in Table I (pre-basic TC class and equivalent), Group II, insert the following new row—

Dickeya spp.NIL;

(b)in each of Tables II (pre-basic class generations 1 to 4 and equivalent), III (basic, equivalent and test and trial seed potatoes produced in the UK), IV (basic, equivalent and test and trial seed potatoes not produced in the UK) and V (basic seed potatoes intended for markets outside the European Community), in Group II insert the following new row—

Dickeya spp.NIL----;

(c)in each of Tables I (pre-basic TC class and equivalent), II (pre-basic class generations 1 to 4 and equivalent) and III (basic, equivalent and test and trial seed potatoes produced in the UK), in Group II for “Blackleg (Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al. ssp atroseptica (Hellmers & Dowson) Dye) or Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder et al. or both”, substitute “Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.)”; and

(d)in Table V (basic seed potatoes intended for markets outside the European Community) in Group II for “Blackleg (Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al. ssp atroseptica (Hellmers & Dowson) Dye) or Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder et al. or both”, substitute “Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.)”.

RICHARD LOCHHEAD

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

25th February 2010

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