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The Forest Reproductive Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

S.R. 2002/404 · Made 19 December 2002 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Pt. 6 headingsubstitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(10)
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reg. 2(2)words substitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(2)(a)(iv)
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reg. 7(4)(bb)insertedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(4)
reg. 13(8A)insertedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(5)
reg. 14(4)(a)(ii)(iii)substitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(6)(a)
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reg. 14(4)(b)(i)substitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(6)(b)
reg. 17(1)(b)-(f)substituted for reg. 17(1)(b)-(ee)Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(7)(a)
reg. 17(12A)insertedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(7)(b)
reg. 18(3)(c)substitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(8)
reg. 19(1)(hh)insertedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(9)(a)
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reg. 22AinsertedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(12)
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reg. 25(1)(a)substitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(13)(a)
reg. 25(2)words omittedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(13)(b)
reg. 25(6)words substitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(13)(c)
reg. 26(3)(a)(vii)word omittedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(14)
reg. 27(2)substitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(15)
reg. 31(5)words substitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(16)
reg. 33(2)words substitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(17)
Sch. 2 shoulder notewords substitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(18)
Sch. 9 para. 1(b)word insertedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(19)(a)
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Sch. 10AinsertedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(20)
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Sch. 13 Pt. 1BomittedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(22)
Sch. 13 Pt. 1 para. 1substitutedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(21)(a)
Sch. 13 Pt. 1 para. 2words omittedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(21)(b)(i)
Sch. 13 Pt. 1 para. 2words omittedPlant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(21)(b)(ii)(aa)
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SEEDS

Made 19th December 2002

Coming into operation 1st January 2003

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 1 and 2 of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965f1 (“the Act of 1965”) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and being a Department designatedf2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f3 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and after consultation, in accordance with section 1(1) of the Act of 1965 with representatives of such interests as appear to it to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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f1

1965 c. 22 (N.I.); section 1 was amended by section 10 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 c. 20 (N.I.) and S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351; section 2 was amended by section 10 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 and S.R. 1977 No. 295

f2

S.I. 2000/2812

f3

1972 c. 68

Contents

  1. Part I: GENERAL
  2. 1Title, extent and commencement
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. 3Application
  5. Part II: FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL AND APPROVAL OF BASIC MATERIAL FOR ENTRY IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER
  6. 4Categories of Forest Reproductive Material
  7. 5Demarcation of regions of provenance in respect of certain basic material
  8. 6Establishment and maintenance of the National Register
  9. 7Approval of basic material for use in the production of forest reproductive material
  10. 8Specific requirements for certain basic material after its approval
  11. 9Withdrawal and amendment of approval of basic material
  12. Part III: COLLECTION AND PRODUCTION OF FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL
  13. 10Collection and production of forest reproductive material for marketing
  14. 11Collection of forest reproductive material
  15. 12Production of forest reproductive material by subsequent vegetative propagation
  16. 13Master Certificates
  17. 14Identification and separation of forest reproductive material during production
  18. 15Permitted mixing of forest reproductive material
  19. Part IV: REGISTRATION OF SUPPLIERS
  20. 16Registration of suppliers of forest reproductive material
  21. Part V: MARKETING OF FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL
  22. 17Forest reproductive material which may be marketed
  23. 18Licences
  24. 19Labelling and packaging of lots for marketing
  25. 20Seed testing
  26. Part VI: MOVEMENT OF FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM
  27. 21Forest reproductive material despatched to another part of the United Kingdom
  28. 22Movement of forest reproductive material to another member State Repealed
  29. 23Movement of forest reproductive material into Northern Ireland from Great Britain or within Great Britain
  30. 24Imports into Northern Ireland from a member State Repealed
  31. 25Regulation 25 (prohibition against imports of forest reproductive material from third countries)
  32. Part VII: COMPLIANCE
  33. 26Keeping and production of documents
  34. 27Powers to inspect and take samples
  35. 28Treatment of seed samples
  36. 29Use of samples in criminal proceedings
  37. 30Offences and Penalties
  38. Part VIII: MISCELLANEOUS
  39. 31Transitional arrangements for forest reproductive material existing at 1st January 2003
  40. 32Appeals
  41. 33Exemptions
  42. 34Revocation
  43. Signature
  44. Schedule 1LIST OF TREE SPECIES AND ARTIFICIAL HYBRIDS
  45. Schedule 2: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF BASIC MATERIAL INTENDED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL TO BE CERTIFIED AS “SOURCE-IDENTIFIED”
  46. 1Paragraph 1
  47. 2Paragraph 2
  48. Schedule 3MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF BASIC MATERIAL INTENDED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL TO BE CERTIFIED AS “SELECTED”
  49. 1Origin
  50. 2Isolation
  51. 3Effective Size of the Population
  52. 4Age and Development
  53. 5Uniformity
  54. 6Adaptation
  55. 7Health and Resistance
  56. 8Volume production
  57. 9Wood Quality
  58. 10Form or Growth Habit
  59. Schedule 4: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF BASIC MATERIAL INTENDED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL TO BE CERTIFIED AS “QUALIFIED”
  60. 1Seed Orchards
  61. 2Parents of Family
  62. 3Clones
  63. 4Clonal Mixtures
  64. Schedule 5: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF BASIC MATERIAL INTENDED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL TO BE CERTIFIED AS “TESTED”
  65. 1Requirements for all tests
  66. 2Requirements for genetic evaluation of components of basic material
  67. 3Requirements for comparative testing of reproductive material
  68. 4Conditional approval
  69. 5Early tests
  70. Schedule 6Schedule 6
  71. Schedule 7Schedule 7
  72. Schedule 8Schedule 8
  73. Schedule 9: REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTERNAL QUALITY STANDARDS FOR POPULUS SPP. PROPAGATED BY STEM CUTTINGS OR SETS
  74. 1Stem cuttings
  75. 2Sets
  76. Schedule 10REQUIREMENTS WHICH MUST BE MET BY PLANTING STOCK WHICH IS TO BE MARKETED TO THE END-USER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATIC REGION
  77. Paragraph Repealed
  78. Paragraph Repealed
  79. Paragraph Repealed
  80. Schedule 11: SMALL QUANTITIES OF SEEDS WHICH MAY BE MARKETED WITHOUT FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATION 19(2)(b) AND (d)
  81. (Listed by species)
  82. Schedule 12Schedule 12
  83. Schedule 13
  84. Part 1
  85. 1Scope of Schedule
  86. 2Interpretation
  87. Part 1A: Approved non-EU third countries
  88. 1Approved non-EU third countries
  89. 2Paragraph 2
  90. 3Paragraph 3
  91. 4Paragraph 4
  92. 5Paragraph 5
  93. 6Paragraph 6
  94. Part 1B: Scope of Part 1B
  95. 2AParagraph 2A
  96. 2BGeneral requirements
  97. 2CParagraph 2C
  98. 2DParagraph 2D
  99. 2EParagraph 2E
  100. 2FParagraph 2F
  101. Part 2
  102. 3Scope of Part 2
  103. 4General requirements
  104. 5Additional requirements applicable to seed lots
  105. 6Additional requirements applicable to seed or planting stock of the “qualified category”
  106. Explanatory note