Textual Amendments
F1Regulations 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))
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 Pt. II in force at 1.9.1993, see reg. 1
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:
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| Asparagus | 10 | 100 | Leek | 10 | 25 | ||||||
| Beet (all kinds) | 20 | 100 | *Lettuce | 10 | 30 | ||||||
| *Brassica (all kinds) | 10 | 50 | Marrow | 20 | 150 | ||||||
| †Broad bean | [F230] | 1,000 | Melon | 20 | 100 | ||||||
| Carrot | 10 | 25 | Onion | 10 | 25 | ||||||
| Celeriac | 10 | 25 | Parsley | 10 | 25 | ||||||
| Celery | 10 | 25 | †Pea | [F230] | 500 | ||||||
| Chicory | 10 | 25 | Radish | 10 | 50 | ||||||
| Cucumber | 20 | 25 | Runner beans | [F330] | 1,000 | ||||||
| Endive | 10 | 25 | Spinach | 10 | 75 | ||||||
| †French bean | [F230] | 700 | [F4Sweet corn or popcorn | 20 | 1,000] | ||||||
| Gherkin | 20 | 25 | Tomato | 10 | 25 | ||||||
| Gourd | 20 | 250] | |||||||||
Textual Amendments
F2Word in Sch. 5 Pt. 2 Table substituted (S.) (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 15(a)
F3Word in Sch. 5 Pt. 2 Table substituted (S.) (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 15(b)
F4Words 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)