# The Beet Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (revoked) S.S.I. 2010/67 · made 24 February 2010 · revised to 19 April 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seed-scotland-regulations-2010-revoked/pdf/ssi_20100067_en.pdf; Executive Note https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seed-scotland-regulations-2010-revoked/pdf/ssien_20100067_en.pdf ## Introductory text Seeds Made 24th February 2010 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 25th February 2010 Coming into force 20th April 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: GENERAL ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Seed Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Seed to which the Regulations apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: MARKETING ## 5 Definition of marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Marketing of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 General exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Exception for scientific purposes or selection work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Exception for test and trial seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Exception for Conservation Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Marketing of officially certified lower germination seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Marketing of early movement seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Requirement for homogeneity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Marketing of unpacketed seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: PROCEDURES FOR ISSUING OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES ## 15 Official certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Breeder’s confirmations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: PACKAGING AND LABELLING REQUIREMENTS ## 18 Sealing of packages of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Labelling of packages of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: MISCELLANEOUS ## 20 Comparative tests and trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Civil liabilities of sellers of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Service of notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Written and electronic communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Amendment to the Seeds (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Revocations and supplementary provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## I SPECIES OF SEED TO WHICH THE REGULATIONS APPLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: CATEGORIES OF SEED THAT MAY BE MARKETED ## 1 Breeder’s Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Pre-Basic Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Basic Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Certified Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES AND BREEDER’S CONFIRMATIONS ### Part I: OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES ## 1 Applications for seed harvested in the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 When applications will be refused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 When applications may be refused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Applications for seed harvested in an EEA State or third country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: BREEDER’S CONFIRMATIONS ## 5 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 When applications will be refused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 When applications may be refused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: PARTICULARS TO BE SPECIFIED IN AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OR A BREEDER’S CONFIRMATION ## 1 Particulars to be specified in an official certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Particulars to be specified in a breeder’s confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: REQUIREMENTS FOR PRE-BASIC SEED, BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED AND SEED OF A CONSERVATION VARIETY ### Part I: CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS OBTAINED ## 1 Methods of ascertaining whether crop requirements are met . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Varietal identity and varietal purity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Crop inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Previous cropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Isolation distances – minimum distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: CONDITIONS RELATING TO BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED AND SEED OF A CONSERVATION VARIETY ## 6 Varietal identity and varietal purity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 State of health of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Standard of germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Standard of germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: OFFICIAL EXAMINATIONS USED TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER A CROP OR SEED LOT MEETS THE CONDITIONS RELATING TO BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED AND SEED OF A CONSERVATION VARIETY ## 10 Methods for official examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF A SEED LOT AND MINIMUM WEIGHT OF A SUBMITTED SAMPLE ## 1 Maximum weight of a seed lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Minimum weight of a submitted sample of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part I: GENERAL ## 1 Method of referring to species of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Method of referring to varieties of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: LABELS ## 3 Label for a package of Breeder’s Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Official label for a package of Pre-Basic Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Official label for a package of Basic Seed or Certified Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Official label for a package of test and trial seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Official label for a package of seed of a Conservation Variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Labels for packages of lower germination seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Labels for packages of early movement seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Inner labels for packages of Pre-Basic Seed, Basic Seed, Certified Seed, lower germination seed, early movement seed and seed in respect of which a breeder’s confirmation has been issued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: SMALL EC PACKAGES ## 11 Label for a small EC package of Pre-Basic Seed, Basic Seed or Certified Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: PARTICULARS TO BE MARKED OR DISPLAYED ON THE SALE OF UNPACKETED SEED ## 12 Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpacketed seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part V: INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF SEED IMPORTED FROM COUNTRIES WHICH ARE NOT EEA STATES IN PACKAGES EXCEEDING 2 KILOGRAMS NET WEIGHT ## 13 Information to be supplied in respect of seed imported from a country which is not an EEA State in a package exceeding 2 kilograms net weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VI: PRINTING OF SPECIFIED MATTERS ON PACKAGES (WHOLE BAG LABELLING) ## 14 Packages sealed in Scotland — individual serial numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Packages sealed in Scotland — printing or stamping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Packages sealed in Scotland — particulars to be included in the printing or stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Seed packages sealed in the United Kingdom but not in Scotland, or in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: LIMITS OF VARIATION ## FOR GERMINATION OR FOR CLUSTERS WITH A SINGLE SEEDLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANALYTICAL PURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## CONTENTS OF SEEDS OF OTHER SPECIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## CLUSTERS WITH THREE OR MORE SEEDLINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8 REVOCATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/67 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seed-scotland-regulations-2010-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.