12.—(1) A crop inspector may apply to the National Assembly for the crop inspector’s licence to be varied so as to authorise the crop inspector to inspect crops being grown to produce seed of another species and category listed in Part I of Schedule 2 in addition to the species and category specified in his or her licence or instead of such species and category.
(2) Where an application is made under paragraph (1) it shall be treated as though it had been made under regulation 10(1) and the National Assembly may vary a crop inspector’s licence so as to authorise the crop inspector to inspect crops of the species and category to which the crop inspector’s application relates if it is satisfied that the applicant has satisfied the requirements of regulation 11(1).
(3) In varying a licence under paragraph (2) the National Assembly may vary the functions of the crop inspector specified in his or her licence and the conditions imposed by his or her licence.
(4) Subject to regulation 36, the National Assembly may vary a crop inspector’s licence whether or not it has received any application under this regulation by—
(a)removing his or her authorisation to inspect a species and category of crop if it is satisfied that the crop inspector is no longer qualified to inspect crops of that species and category or that his or her authorisation to inspect such crops is otherwise no longer appropriate; or
(b)varying the functions or the conditions set out in the licence.