SCHEDULE 5
PART II

MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF A SEED LOT AND MINIMUM WEIGHT OF A SUBMITTED SAMPLE
The maximum weight of a seed lot shall be as indicated below (or a weight which does not exceed that indicated below by more than 5%) and the minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be as indicated below:—
Kind | Maximum lot weight (tonnes) | Minimum submitted sample weight (g) | Kind | Maximum lot weight (tonnes) | Minimum submitted sample weight (g)
except that: In the case of F1 hybrid varieties of the above kinds and their inbred parent lines, the minimum weight of the submitted sample may be reduced to a quarter of the weight specified for the variety subject to the sample consisting of at least 400 seeds.
* For the category Standard Seed of these kinds the minimum submitted sample weight shall be 25g.
† For the categories Pre-basic Seed, Basic Seed and Certified Seed of these kinds, the minimum submitted sample weight shall be: Pea | 2000g French bean | 3000g Broad bean | 4000g
Asparagus | 10 | 100 | Leek | 10 | 25
Beet (all kinds) | 20 | 100 | Lettuce | 10 | 30
Brassica (all kinds) | 10 | 50 | Marrow | 20 | 150
Broad bean | 25 | 1,000 | Melon | 20 | 100
Carrot | 10 | 25 | Onion | 10 | 25
Celeriac | 10 | 25 | Parsley | 10 | 25
Celery | 10 | 25 | Pea | 25 | 500
Chicory | 10 | 25 | Radish | 10 | 50
Cucumber | 20 | 25 | Runner beans | 20 | 1,000
Endive | 10 | 25 | Spinach | 10 | 75
French bean | 25 | 700 | Sweet corn or popcorn | 20 | 1,000
Gherkin | 20 | 25 | Tomato | 10 | 25
Gourd | 20 | 250
Sch. 5 Pt. II in force at 1.9.1993, see reg. 1
Word in Sch. 5 Pt. 2 substituted (1.7.1996) by The Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1452), regs. 1, 2(3)
Regulations revoked (E.) (31.1.2003) by The Vegetable Seed (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3175), regs. 1, 32(1)(a) (with reg. 32(2)(3)) and (W.) (18.11.2005) by The Vegetable Seed (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3035), reg. 32(1)(a) (with reg. 32(2))
Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 2 Table inserted (S.) (1.7.2007) by The Vegetable Seeds Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/305), regs. 1(1), 8(b)