14. An authorised officer may not certify seed potatoes as test and trial seed potatoes unless the officer is satisfied that the land on which the seed potatoes are or were grown—S
(a)has, following an official examination performed prior to the planting of the crop, been found not to be contaminated with Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes);
(b)is not land notified as infested with Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) under [F1paragraph 18 (notice that sampling unit is infested with Potato Cyst Nematode) in Part 4 (measures for the control of European populations of Potato Cyst Nematode) of schedule 2 (specific measures relating to certain solanaceous species) of the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations];
(c)has not been found to have been contaminated with Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) for at least 6 years prior to the planting of the crop; and
(d)has not been used for growing potatoes at any time during the 5 years immediately preceding the planting of the crop.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 14(b) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/421), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 10(5)(e)