The Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation , commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART II REGISTRATION OF SEED MERCHANTS, SEED PACKERS AND SEED PROCESSORS

    1. 3.Obligation to be registered

    2. 4.Applications for registration

    3. 5.Registrations

    4. 6.Conditions to be attached to registrations

    5. 7.Termination of registrations

    6. 8.Revocation of registrations

    7. 9.Register

  4. PART III LICENSED CROP INSPECTORS

    1. 10.Applications for licences

    2. 11.Licences

    3. 12.Variation of licences

    4. 13.Termination of licences

    5. 14.Suspension and revocation of licences

    6. 15.Register

    7. 16.Fees

  5. PART IV LICENSED SEED SAMPLERS

    1. 17.Applications for licences

    2. 18.Licences

    3. 19.Variation of licences

    4. 20.Termination of licences

    5. 21.Suspension and revocation of li cences

    6. 22.Register

    7. 23.Fees

  6. PART V LICENSED SEED TESTING STATIONS

    1. 24.Applications for licences

    2. 25.Licences

    3. 26.Variation of licences

    4. 27.Training and examinations

    5. 28.Duties of the Analyst in Charge of a licensed seed testing station

    6. 29.Suspension and revocation of licences

    7. 30.Register

    8. 31.Fees

  7. PART VI SUPERVISION AND ENFORCEMENT

    1. 32.Supervision of licensed crop inspectors , licensed seed samplers and licensed seed testing stations

    2. 33.Sampling for enforcement purposes

    3. 34.Certificates of taking and testing a sample

  8. PART VII MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

    1. 35.Right to make representations

    2. 36.Appeals

    3. 37.Exemptions

    4. 38.Extension of time

    5. 39.Form of records

    6. 40.Form of registers

    7. 41.Service of notices

    8. 42.Written and electronic communication

    9. 43.Amendments to the O il and Fibre Plant Seed (Scotland ) Regulations 2004 , the Cereal Seed (Scotland ) Regulations 2005 and the Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland ) Regulations 2005

    10. 44.Amendments to the Seeds (Fees ) Scotland Regulations 2002

    11. 45.Revocations , transitional a nd savings provisions

  9. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      REGISTERED PERSONS

      1. PART I REGISTRATION: MATTERS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT

        1. 1.The premises that are available to the applicant.

        2. 2.The machinery, equipment and facilities that are available to the...

        3. 3.The personnel that are available to the applicant.

        4. 4.Where the applicant is a body corporate or a partnership,...

        5. 5.Where the activities carried out by the applicant include the...

        6. 6.Whether the procedures employed by the applicant in carrying out...

        7. 7.Any previous revocation of a registration held by the applicant–...

        8. 8.Any circumstances which led to the applicant, the person who...

      2. PART II CONDITIONS WHICH SHALL BE IMPOSED ON A REGISTERED PERSON

        1. 9.In the case of a body corporate or a partnership,...

        2. 10.In the case of a body corporate or a partnership,...

        3. 11.In the case of a registered person other than a...

        4. 12.To notify the Scottish Ministers within 21 days of any...

        5. 13.To keep such records as the Scottish Ministers may require...

        6. 14.To keep a register of seed mixtures to which the...

        7. 15.To permit, at any reasonable time, an authorised officer to...

        8. 16.To permit, at any reasonable time, an authorised officer to...

        9. 17.To give the Scottish Ministers such other information as they...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      1. PART I FUNCTIONS THAT MAY BE SPECIFIED IN A CROP INSPECTOR'S LICENCE

        1. 1.To inspect crops grown to produce seed of a species...

        2. 2.To authenticate each seed lot sown to produce a seed...

        3. 3.To issue a field inspection report following the inspection of...

        4. 4.To submit to the Scottish Ministers such reports on the...

        5. 5.To keep records of crops inspected by the licensed crop...

      2. PART II CONDITIONS THAT SHALL BE ATTACHED TO A CROP INSPECTOR'SLICENCE

        1. 6.To carry out the functions of a licensed crop inspector...

        2. 7.To carry out the functions of a licensed crop inspector...

        3. 8.To attend such training courses and undergo such examinations related...

        4. 9.To notify the Scottish Ministers within 21 days of any...

        5. 10.To inspect not more than the maximum areas, if any,...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      LICENSED SEED SAMPLERS

      1. PART I FUNCTIONS THAT MAY BE SPECIFIED IN A SEED SAMPLER'S LICENCE

        1. 1.To sample seed for the purposes of seeds regulations and...

        2. 2.To keep r ecords of seed lots sampled and the...

        3. 3.To keep records of the use of all official labels...

        4. 4.To ensure that packages of seed are labelled or re-labelled...

        5. 5.To ensure that mixtures of seed are prepared, labelled or...

        6. 6.To ensure that sampling equipment used in carrying out the...

      2. PART II CONDITIONS THAT SHALL BE ATTACHED TO A SEED SAMPLER'S LICENCE

        1. 7.To carry out the functions of a licensed seed sampler...

        2. 8.To carry out the functions of a licensed seed sampler...

        3. 9.To attend such training courses and undergo such examinations related...

        4. 10.To notify the Scottish Ministers within 21 days of any...

        5. 11.Where a seed sampler is employed by a registered person,...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      LICENSED SEED TESTING STATIONS

      1. PART I LICENSING OF LABORATORIES: MATTERS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT

        1. 1.The premises in which the laboratory is situated.

        2. 2.The equipment that is available at the laboratory for carrying...

        3. 3.The knowledge and qualifications– (a) in seed testing and laboratory...

      2. PART II CONDITIONS THAT SHALL BE ATTACHED TO A SEED TESTING STATION LICENCE

        1. 4.The licence holder shall appoint and maintain an Analyst in...

        2. 5.All statutory seed testing carried out at the license d...

        3. 6.To notify the Scottish Ministers of any change of Analyst...

        4. 7.To maintain the premises in which the licensed seed testing...

        5. 8.To open the licensed seed testing station to inspection by...

        6. 9.To carry out statutory seed testing in accordance with seeds...

        7. 10.To keep records of all seed tests carried out at...

        8. 11.To make the records referred to in paragraph 10 available...

        9. 12.To take a portion (“the reserve portion”) of every sample...

        10. 13.To place the reserve portion in a bag and identify,...

        11. 14.To deliver the reserve portion to an authorised officer on...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE TAKING OF A SAMPLE OF SEEDS

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      FORM OF CERTIFICATES OF THE RESULTS OF TESTS OF SEEDS

      1. PART I FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS OF TESTS OF BEET SEED

      2. PART II FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS OF TESTS OF CEREAL SEED

      3. PART III FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS OF TESTS OF FODDER PLANT SEED

      4. PART IV FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS OF TESTS OF OIL AND FIBRE PLANT SEED

      5. PART V FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS OF TESTS OF VEGETABLE SEED

  11. Explanatory Note