The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Scotland) Regulations 2017

Requirements for certification as certified material

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21.—(1) Propagating material other than mother plants or a fruit plant may be officially certified as certified material if it has been found on official inspection and, where appropriate, through administrative checks, to fulfil the following requirements:—

(a)it has been propagated from a certified mother plant;

(b)the certified mother plant mentioned in head (a) has been grown from pre-basic material or basic material;

(c)the certified mother plant mentioned in head (a) complies with the requirements in paragraph 24;

(d)it complies with the requirements in—

(i)paragraph 7;

(ii)paragraph 8(5); and

(iii)paragraph 12;

(e)it complies with the requirements in paragraph 23; and

(f)it complies with the requirements in paragraph 24.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(d), references in paragraphs 7, 8(5) and 12 to—

(a)pre-basic mother plants, may be construed as references to certified mother plants; and

(b)pre-basic material, may be construed as references to certified material.