# The Beet Seed (England) Regulations 2002 (revoked) S.I. 2002/3171 · made 18 December 2002 · revised to 22 November 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seed-england-regulations-2002-revoked/pdf/uksi_20023171_en.pdf ## Introductory text SEEDS, ENGLAND Made 18th December 2002 Laid before Parliament 20th December 2002 Coming into force 31st January 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: General ## 1 Title, extent and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 General interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definition of marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Seed to which these Regulations apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: Procedures Relating to the Official Certification of Seed ## 5 Entry of seed lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Entry of crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Field inspection of crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Lodging of field inspection reports and similar documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Re-grading of crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Seed testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Lodging of seed test reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Re-grading of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: Control of beet seed ## 14 Marketing of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Marketing of officially certified lower germination seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Marketing of officially certified early movement seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Exception for scientific purposes and selection work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Exception for test and trial seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18A Exception for conservation varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 General exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Sealing of packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Labelling of packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: Miscellaneous and Supplemental Provisions ## 24 Civil liability of sellers of seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Arrangements for official measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Service of notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Index of defined words and expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Revocations and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: INTERPRETATION ### Part I: Meaning of pre-basic seed and similar expressions ## 1 Pre-basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 UK officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 EC officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3A Third country officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 UK officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Officially certified pre-basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Meaning of basic seed and similar expressions ## 8 Basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 UK officially certified basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 EC officially certified basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Third country officially certified basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 UK officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 EC officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Third country officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Officially certified basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: Meaning of CS seed and similar expressions ## 22 CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 UK officially certified CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 EC officially certified CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Third country officially certified CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Overseas tested officially certified CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 UK officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 EC officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Officially certified CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Early multiplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: Meaning of expressions relating to imported not finally certified seed ## 31 Not finally certified pre-basic seed harvested in another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Not finally certified basic seed harvested in another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Not finally certified CS seed harvested in another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Not finally certified CS seed harvested in an equivalent third country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: SPECIES OF SEED TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS APPLY ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS TO BE HARVESTED ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY THE SEED ### Part I: Conditions to be examined mainly by field inspections ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Conditions to be examined by seed testing ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: Other conditions ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: General provisions ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 RE-GRADING OF SEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: CATEGORIES OF SEED THAT MAY BE MARKETED ## 1 Breeder’s seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3A Pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Early movement CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Early movement CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: LOT AND SAMPLE WEIGHTS ### Part I: Maximum weight of a seed lot ## 20 metric tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Minimum weight of a sample ## 500 grammes or 7,500 pelleted seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: Minimum weight of a sample for a moisture test ## 50 grammes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: LABELLING ### Part I: Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpackaged seed (loose sales) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Labelling of packages of breeder’s seed ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: Labelling of packages of officially certified pre-basic seed ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: Labelling of packages of officially certified basic and CS seed ## 8 Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Supplier’s label for a small EC package of basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Supplier’s label for a small EC package of basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Supplier’s label for a small EC package of basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part V: Labelling of Packages of Test and Trial Seed ## 16 Official label for a package of test and trial seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Official label for a package of test and trial seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Official label for a package of test and trial seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VI: Labelling of Packages of Seed of a Conservation Variety ## 19 Supplier’s label or notice for a package of seed of a conservation variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9 LIMITS OF VARIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10 INDEX OF WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS USED IN THESE REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3171 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seed-england-regulations-2002-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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