Search Legislation

Advanced Search

The Vegetable Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked)

Changes to legislation:

There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Vegetable Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked). Help about Changes to Legislation

Close

Changes to Legislation

Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.General interpretation

    3. 3.Definitions relating to plant species

    4. 4.Definition of marketing

    5. 5.Seeds to which these regulations apply

  3. PART 2 Procedures relating to the official certification of seed

    1. 6.Entry of seed lots

    2. 7.Entry of crop

    3. 8.Field inspection of crops

    4. 9.Lodging of field inspection reports and similar documents

    5. 10.Re-grading of crops

    6. 11.Seed testing

    7. 12.Lodging of seed test reports

    8. 13.Re-grading of seed

    9. 14.Withdrawals

  4. PART 3 Control of vegetable seed

    1. 15.Marketing of seed

    2. 16.Marketing of officially certified lower germination seed

    3. 17.Marketing of officially certified early movement seed

    4. 18.Exception for scientific purposes and selection work

    5. 19.Exception for market test seed

    6. 19A.Marketing seed of conservation varieties

    7. 19B.Marketing seed of amateur varieties

    8. 19C.The prohibition in regulation 15(1) shall not apply to the...

    9. 20.General exemptions

    10. 21.Mixtures

    11. 22.Sampling

    12. 23.Packaging

    13. 24.Sealing of packages

    14. 25.Labelling of packages

    15. 26.Special provisions that apply in connection with the marketing of standard seed

    16. 27.A person who, in the course of marketing any market...

  5. PART 4 Miscellaneous and supplemental provisions

    1. 28.Civil liability of sellers of seeds

    2. 29.Arrangements for official measures

    3. 30.Fees

    4. 31.Index of defined words and expressions

    5. 32.Revocations and transitional provisions

  6. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      INTERPRETATION

      1. PART 1 Meaning of pre-basic seed and similar expressions

        1. 1.Pre-basic seed

        2. 2.UK officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

        3. 3.EC officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

        4. 4.Overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

        5. 5.UK officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety

        6. 6.EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety

        7. 7.Officially certified pre-basic seed

      2. PART 2 Meaning of basic seed and similar expressions

        1. 8.Basic seed

        2. 9.UK officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

        3. 10.EC officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

        4. 11.Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

        5. 12.UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety

        6. 13.EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety

        7. 14.UK officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

        8. 15.EC officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

        9. 16.Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

        10. 17.UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

        11. 18.EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

        12. 19.Officially certified basic seed

      3. PART 3 Meaning of CS seed and similar expressions

        1. 20.CS seed

        2. 21.UK officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

        3. 22.EC officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

        4. 23.Overseas tested officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

        5. 24.UK officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety

        6. 25.EC officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety

        7. 26.Officially certified CS seed

        8. 27.Early multiplication

      4. PART 4 Meaning of standard seed

        1. 28.Standard seed

      5. PART 5 Meaning of expressions relating to imported not finally certified seed

        1. 29.Not finally certified pre-basic seed harvested in another member State

        2. 30.Not finally certified basic seed harvested in another member State

        3. 31.Not finally certified CS seed harvested in another member State

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      SPECIES OF SEED TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS APPLY

      1. 1.Asparagus.

      2. 2.The following species of beans— (a) broad bean;

      3. 3.Beetroot (also known as red beet).

      4. 4.Brussels sprouts.

      5. 5.The following species of cabbage— (a) red cabbage;

      6. 6.Carrot.

      7. 7.Cauliflower.

      8. 8.Celery.

      9. 9.Chard and spinach beet.

      10. 10.Chinese cabbage.

      11. 11.Cucumber and gherkin.

      12. 12.Curly kale.

      13. 13.Endive.

      14. 14.Gourd.

      15. 15.Kohlrabi.

      16. 16.Larged-leave chicory (also known as Italian chicory) and Witloof chicory....

      17. 17.Leek.

      18. 18.Lettuce.

      19. 19.Marrow.

      20. 20.Melon.

      21. 21.Onion.

      22. 22.Parsley.

      23. 23.Pea other than field pea.

      24. 24.Radish.

      25. 25.Spinach.

      26. 26.Sprouting broccoli (also known as calabrese).

      27. 27.Sweet corn or popcorn.

      28. 28.Tomato.

      29. 29.Turnip.

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS TO BE HARVESTED

      1. 1.The crop shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity....

      2. 2.(1) Subject to paragraph 3, the crop shall conform to...

      3. 3.Paragraph 2 shall not apply if there is sufficient protection...

      4. 4.Diseases and harmful organisms which reduce the usefulness of the...

      5. 5.(1) A crop from which basic seed is to be...

      6. 6.For the purpose of determining whether a crop from which...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY THE SEED

      1. PART 1 Conditions to be examined mainly by field inspections

        1. 1.The seed shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity....

        2. 2.In the case of seed of turnips the minimum varietal...

      2. PART 2 Conditions to be examined by seed testing

        1. 3.The seed shall conform to the following standards or other...

        2. 4.(1) It shall be determined, by way of a germination...

        3. 5.The seed shall not be contaminated by live Acarina (commonly...

        4. 6.Seed of broad beans, French beans, runner beans and peas...

        5. 7.In the case of varieties of Zea mays (Sweet corn...

      3. PART 3 Other conditions

        1. 8.Diseases and harmful organisms which reduce the usefulness of the...

      4. PART 4 General provisions

        1. 9.For the purpose of determining whether seed meets the conditions...

      5. PART 5 Examinations used to ascertain whether a crop or seed lot meets the conditions relating to certified seed of a conservation variety, standard seed of a conservation variety and standard seed of an amateur variety

        1. 10.All examinations of certified seed of a conservation variety, standard...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      RE-GRADING OF SEED

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      CATEGORIES OF SEED THAT MAY BE MARKETED

      1. 1.Breeder’s seed

      2. 2.Pre-basic seed of a listed variety

      3. 3.EC officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety.

      4. 4.Overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety....

      5. 5.Basic seed of a listed variety

      6. 6.EC officially certified basic seed of a listed variety.

      7. 7.Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed variety....

      8. 8.CS seed of a listed variety

      9. 9.EC officially certified CS seed of a listed variety.

      10. 10.Overseas tested officially certified CS seed of a listed variety....

      11. 11.Early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety

      12. 12.EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed...

      13. 13.Early movement basic seed of a listed variety

      14. 14.EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed...

      15. 15.Early movement CS seed of a listed variety

      16. 16.EC officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed...

      17. 17.Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

      18. 18.EC officially certified basic seed of a component of a...

      19. 19.Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a component of...

      20. 20.Early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

      21. 21.EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a component...

      22. 22.Standard seed

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      LOT AND SAMPLE WEIGHTS

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      LABELLING

      1. PART 1 Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpackaged seed (loose sales)

        1. 1.The following particulars shall be given— (a) The words “complies...

      2. PART 2 Labelling of packages of breeder’s seed

        1. 2.Subject to paragraph 28, the package shall be labelled, not...

        2. 3.The label referred to in paragraph 2 shall be coloured...

      3. PART 3 Labelling of packages of officially certified pre-basic seed

        1. 4.Official label for a package of officially certified pre-basic seed

        2. 5.The label referred to in paragraph 4 shall be coloured...

        3. 6.The minimum size of the label referred to in paragraph...

        4. 7.The label referred to in paragraph 4—

      4. PART 4 Labelling of packages of officially certified basic and CS seed

        1. 8.Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed

        2. 9.Where at least germination has been retested, the words “retested”...

        3. 10.The minimum size of the label referred to in paragraph...

        4. 11.The label referred to in paragraph 8 shall be coloured...

        5. 12.The label referred to in paragraph 8—

        6. 13.Supplier’s label for a small package of officially certified CS seed

        7. 14.The label, notice or stamp referred to in paragraph 13...

      5. PART 5 Labelling of packages of standard seed

        1. 15.Supplier’s label for a package of standard seed other than a small package of such seed

        2. 16.Subject to paragraph 29, a reference to any maintenance of...

        3. 17.The minimum size of the label referred to in paragraph...

        4. 18.The label referred to in paragraph 15 shall be coloured...

        5. 19.The label referred to in paragraph 15 shall be fixed...

        6. 20.Supplier’s label for a small package of standard seed other than a mixture

        7. 21.Subject to paragraph 29, a reference to any maintenance of...

        8. 22.The label referred to in paragraph 20 shall be coloured...

        9. 23.The label referred to in paragraph 20 shall be fixed...

        10. 24.Supplier’s label for a small package of a mixture of standard seed

        11. 25.Subject to paragraph 29, a reference to any maintenance of...

        12. 26.The label referred to in paragraph 24 shall be coloured...

        13. 27.The label referred to in paragraph 24 shall be fixed...

      6. PART 6 General provisions

        1. 28.If the packaging material is transparent the label, printed notice...

        2. 29.(1) A reference to the maintenance of a variety shall...

      7. PART 7 Labelling of Packages of Market Test Seed

        1. 30.Suppliers label for a package of market test seed

        2. 31.The label or notice referred to in paragraph 30 shall...

        3. 32.The label or notice referred to in paragraph 30 shall...

      8. PART 8 Supplier’s label for a package of seed of a conservation variety

        1. 33.The supplier’s label for a package of seed of a...

      9. PART 9 Supplier’s label for a package of standard seed of an amateur variety

        1. 34.The supplier’s label for a package of standard seed of...

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      LIMITS OF VARIATION

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      INDEX OF WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS USED IN THESE REGULATIONS

  8. Explanatory Note

Back to top

Options/Help

Print Options

Close

Legislation is available in different versions:

Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.

Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.

Close

Opening Options

Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once

Close

Explanatory Memorandum

Explanatory Memorandum sets out a brief statement of the purpose of a Statutory Rule and provides information about its policy objective and policy implications. They aim to make the Statutory Rule accessible to readers who are not legally qualified and accompany any Northern Ireland Statutory Rule or Draft Northern Ireland Statutory Rule laid before the UK Parliament during the suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Close

More Resources

Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • correction slips
  • links to related legislation and further information resources
Close

Timeline of Changes

This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.

Close

More Resources

Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as made version that was used for the print copy
  • correction slips

Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:

  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • links to related legislation and further information resources