# The Beet Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked) S.R. 2009/384 · made 25 November 2009 · revised to 14 July 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seeds-regulations-northern-ireland-2009-revoked/pdf/nisr_20090384_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seeds-regulations-northern-ireland-2009-revoked/pdf/nisrem_20090384_en.pdf ## Introductory text Seeds Made 25th November 2009 Coming into operation 31st December 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 General interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definition of marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Seed to which these Regulations apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: 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 3: 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 trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Exception for conservation varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 General exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Sealing of packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Labelling of packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Miscellaneous and supplemental provisions ## 25 Civil liability of sellers of seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Arrangements for official measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Index of defined words and expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Revocations and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: INTERPRETATION ### Part 1: 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Third country officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 UK officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Officially certified pre-basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Meaning of basic seed and similar expressions ## 9 Basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 UK officially certified basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 EC officially certified basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Third country officially certified basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 UK officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 EC officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Third country officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Officially certified basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Meaning of CS seed and similar expressions ## 23 CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 UK officially certified CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 EC officially certified CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Third country officially certified CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Overseas tested officially certified CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 UK officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 EC officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Officially certified CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Early multiplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: Meaning of expressions relating to imported not finally certified seed ## 32 Not finally certified pre-basic seed harvested in another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Not finally certified basic seed harvested in another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Not finally certified CS seed harvested in another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 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 TO BE HARVESTED ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY THE SEED ### Part 1: Conditions to be examined mainly by field inspections ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Conditions to be examined by seed testing ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Other conditions ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Pre-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 Basic 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 CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Early movement CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Early movement CS seed of a listed 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 Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7 LOT AND SAMPLE WEIGHTS ## Schedule 8: LABELLING ### Part 1: Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpackaged seed (loose sales) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Labelling of packages of breeder’s seed ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Labelling of packages of officially certified pre-basic seed ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: 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 5: 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 6: 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/nisr/2009/384 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seeds-regulations-northern-ireland-2009-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.