SCHEDULE 1CONDITIONS FOR CERTIFICATION AND GRADING OF SCOTTISH SEED POTATOES

PART IIPre-basic seed potatoes

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An authorised officer may not certify seed potatoes as pre-basic seed potatoes unless the officer is satisfied that the land on which the seed potatoes are or were grown—

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 7 years immediately preceding the planting of the crop.