The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005 No. 329

SCHEDULE 4 S REQUIREMENTS FOR PRE-BASIC SEED, BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION AND COMMERCIAL SEED

PART II S CONDITIONS RELATING TO BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION AND COMMERCIAL SEED

Standards for varietal purity S

11.—(1) The seed shall possess sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity and in particular seed of the species and category specified in Column 1 of the following table shall possess at least the percentage of minimum varietal purity specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the table–

Species and category	Percentage of minimum varietal purity
Column 1	Column 2
(a) Fodder kale, apomictic uniclonal varieties of smooth-stalked meadowgrass and swede–
(i) Basic Seed	99.7
(ii) Certified Seed	98.0
(b) Field beans and field peas–
(i) Basic Seed	99.7
(ii) Certified Seed of the First Generation	99.0
(iii) Certified Seed of the Second Generation	98.0

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the minimum varietal purity of seed shall be examined mainly in official field inspections carried out in accordance with conditions specified in Part I of this Schedule.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 11 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)