# The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 3: When applications may be refused

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The Scottish Ministers may refuse to issue an official certificate in respect of a seed lot if it appears to them that–
(a) a sample taken from the seed lot for the purpose of an official examination to ascertain whether the seed lot meets the appropriate standards specified in Part II of Schedule 4 has not been taken in accordance with regulation 15(1);
(b) an official examination of a control plot sown with a sample of the seed lot shows that the crop does not meet the appropriate standards specified in Part I of Schedule 4; or
(c) there has been any breach of seeds regulations in relation to the seed lot in respect of which the application for an official certificate has been made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/328/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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