“Increase to maximum weight of a seed lot of grasses23A.

(1)

Any person registered by the Scottish Ministers under regulation 5(1) (registrations) of the Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 20066 or by another National Authority under any equivalent provision extending to any other part of the United Kingdom may apply to the Scottish Ministers for approval to increase to 25 tonnes the maximum weight of a seed lot of any of the grasses set out in column 1 of the table in paragraph 26.

(2)

An application under sub-paragraph (1) shall contain such information as the Scottish Ministers may require.

(3)

The Scottish Ministers shall not approve an application under sub-paragraph (1) unless they are satisfied that the applicant has complied with the guidance booklet titled “Scottish Government Guide to Large Herbage Seed Lot Approval and Check Sampling Programme 20137” produced by the Scottish Ministers.

(4)

An approval may be made subject to such conditions as the Scottish Ministers think are necessary.

(5)

The Scottish Ministers may revoke an approval under sub-paragraph (4) where they are satisfied that there has been a breach of any condition to which the approval is subject.”; and

“Margin by which seed lots can exceed maximum weight24.

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a seed lot may exceed the maximum weight for a seed lot set out in column 2 of the table in paragraph 26 by not more than 5%.

(2)

Where a person referred to in paragraph 23A(1) has approval to increase the maximum weight of a seed lot of grasses to 25 tonnes, the weight of such a seed lot may exceed 25 tonnes by not more than 5%.”.