The Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005

PART II Conditions which may be imposed on a registered person

1.  In the case of a company, to notify the National Assembly within 21 days of any change of the company’s name or the address of its registered office or any premises being used by it for the purpose of carrying on any seed industry activity.

2.  In the case of a registered person other than a company, to notify the National Assembly within 21 days of any change of address of the registered person or of premises being used by the registered person for the purpose of the carrying on any seed industry activity;

3.  In the case of a corporate body or a partnership, to notify the National Assembly within 21 days of any change regarding the nominated contact.

4.  In the case of the preparation of seed mixtures intended for use as fodder plants, to notify the National Assembly within 21 days of any change regarding the person with direct responsibility for the mixing operation.

5.  To keep such records as the National Assembly may require of his or her transactions in seeds and of the treatment, testing and other operations undertaken by the registered person or on his or her behalf in relation to any seeds or their disposal including records relating to—

(a) seed crops;

(b) the date on which official labels are used (by reference to the unique label number) and the seed lots for which they are used;

(c) in the case of seed intended for marketing, the number and weight of seed lots processed and the date on which they are processed by species, category and level;

(d) the date on which official samples are taken from seed lots and the identity of the authorised officer or licensed seed sampler;

(e) the date on which official samples are despatched to a LSTS for testing;

(f) in the case of a seed lot that is officially certified for early movement, the date on which the interim seed test report is issued, the date on which the seed test report is issued and, in a case where the official germination test shows that the seed fails to meet the appropriate germination standard for seed of that species, the date on which the seller notifies the purchaser of the seed of the position;

(g) the date on which and from whom the registered person buys seed and the date on which and to whom the registered person sells it (by crop identity number or seed lot reference number) and the weight of the seed bought or sold; and

(h) in the case of any seed which the registered person treats chemically, the date on which the seed is so treated and details of the treatment applied.

6.  To keep a register of seed mixtures intended for use as fodder plants.

7.  To permit, at any reasonable time, an authorised officer to inspect and take copies of the records specified in paragraph 5 and of the register specified in paragraph 6.

8.  To permit, at any reasonable time, an authorised officer to inspect the premises, machinery, equipment and facilities used by or available to the registered person for the carrying on of the seed industry activity in respect of which the person is registered.

9.  To give the National Assembly such other information as it may reasonably require in connection with the seed industry activity in respect of which the person is registered.