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The Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/1453 · Made 29 May 1996

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SEEDS

Made 29th May 1996

Laid before Parliament 10th June 1996

Coming into force 1st July 1996

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, itsaven n exercise of the powers conferred by section 16(1) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964f1 and now vested in themf2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned, hereby make the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by section 4(1) of and paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68). See section 38(1) for a definition of “the Ministers”.

f2

In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996.

2Amendment of the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993

(1)

The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993f1 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(2)

In the table in paragraph 8 of Part I of Schedule 5 (sampling of seed lots) there shall be added at the end the following new line—

“

20,001 kg and aboveone primary sample for each 700 kg but not less than 40

”.

(3)

For paragraph (a) of Part II of Schedule 5 (maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a submitted sample) there shall be substituted the following—

“(a)

The maximum weight of a lot shall be—

(i)

for seeds of hairy vetch and Hungarian vetch, 20 tonnes;

(ii)

for seeds of common vetch, field bean, field pea, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), white lupin and yellow lupin, 25 tonnes.

(aa)

The minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be—

(i)

for seeds of common vetch, hairy vetch and Hungarian vetch, 1,000 g;

(ii)

for seeds of field bean, field pea, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), white lupin and yellow lupin—

  • for Breeder’s Seed, Pre-basic Seed and Basic Seed, 3,000 g;

  • for Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First Generation and Certified Seed of the Second Generation, 2,000 g.”

Signature

Tim Boswell

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

29th May 1996

Lindsay

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

16th May 1996

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

8th May 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st July 1996, amend the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993 so as to implement Commission Directive 96/18/EC (OJ No. L76, 26.3.96, p. 21) amending various Council Directives on the marketing of seeds and propagating materials. The maximum seed lot weight for seeds of common vetch, field bean, field pea, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), white lupin and yellow lupin is increased to 25 tonnes.

These Regulations also make provision for the minimum requirements in respect of primary sampling of seed lots of 20,001 kg and above.