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Part IV CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO WHICH SEEDS OF BEET, OF THE FAMILIES CRUCIFERAE AND GRAMINEAE AND OF THE GENUSTRIFOLIUM L. AND OF LETTUCE, LUCERNE, PEA, TOMATO AND OF THE GENUSRUBUS L. MAY BE LANDED

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ItemDescription of plantsConditions of landing
(1)(2)(3)
54.

Seeds of:—

  • Red beet or beetroot, spinach beet, leaf beet or chard (Beta vulgaris L.).

  1. (1)

    The consignment shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate and, as appropriate, one or more re-forwarding phytosanitary certificates.

  2. (2)

    An official statement shall have been made:—

    1. (a)

      that the seeds were taken from a crop which was:—

      1. (i)

        grown in a region of production in which Beet Rhizomania Disease (caused by Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein virus) is known not to occur; and

      2. (ii)

        officially inspected at least once during the year of sowing and at least once during the year of harvest and found free in those inspections from symptoms of Beet Rhizomania Disease (caused by Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein virus); and

    2. (b)

      that the consignment contains less than 1% by weight of inert matter.

55.

Seeds from plants of the families:—

Cruciferae and Gramineae and of the genusTrifolium L.

Where the consignment originates in Argentina, Australia or New Zealand it shall:—

  1. (a)

    be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate and, as appropriate, one or more re-forwarding phytosanitary certificates; and

  2. (b)

    be free from the Stem Weevil (Listronotus bonariensis(Kuschel) (syn.Hyperodes bonariensis Kuschel)).

56.

Seeds of:—

  • lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.); lucerne (Medicago sativa L.); pea (Pisum sativum L.); species ofRubus L. and tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum(L.) Karsten ex Farwell and hybrids and cultivars thereof).

The consignment shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate and, as appropriate, one or more re-forwarding phytosanitary certificates.
57.Seeds of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)

Where the consignment originates in a third country, an official statement shall have been made that:—

  1. (a)

    either the seeds comprising it were taken from a crop which was found to be substantially free from Lettuce Mosaic virus at one or more official inspections carried out during the last complete cycle of vegetation; or

  2. (b)

    in a representative sample of the seeds comprising it no Lettuce Mosaic virus was found when:—

    1. (i)

      not less than 3,000 seedlings were grown under officially approved conditions; or

    2. (ii)

      not less than 5,000 seeds were inoculated to suitable indicator plants or were tested by equivalent methods.

58.Seeds of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.)
  1. (1)

    An official statement shall have been made:—

    1. (a)

      either that the seeds were fumigated prior to export for the control of Stem Nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci(Kühn) Filipjev) in accordance with a method of fumigation approved by the appropriate Minister; or

    2. (b)

      that the seeds were taken from a crop grown at a place of production at which since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation no symptoms ofDitylenchus dipsaci have been observed and were found to be free fromD. dipsaci in laboratory tests on a representative sample of the seed.

  2. (2)

    An official statement shall have been made:—

    1. (a)

      either that the seeds were taken from a crop which was grown in a country in which Bacterial Wilt of Lucerne (Clavibacter michiganense subsp.insidiosum(McCulloch) Daviset al.(syn.Corynebacterium insidiosum(McCulloch) Jensen)) is not known to occur; or

    2. (b)

      that:—

      1. (i)

        the seeds were taken from a crop which was grown at a place of production at which and in the immediate vicinity of whichC. michiganense subsp.insidiosum is not known to have occurred during the 10 years prior to the date on which the phytosanitary certificate accompanying the consignment was issued;

      2. (ii)

        the seeds were taken from a crop which had not yet started its fourth complete cycle of vegetation from sowing and from which not more than one preceding seed harvest had been taken from the crop;

      3. (iii)

        the seeds were grown at a place of production at which and in the immediate vicinity of which no symptoms ofC. michiganense subsp.insidiosum have been observed during an official inspection made during the last complete cycle of vegetation or, where appropriate, the last two cycles of vegetation; and

      4. (iv)

        the seeds were grown on land on which no lucerne has been grown during the three years immediately prior to the crop having been sown.

  3. (3)

    Where the consignment originates in a third country, in addition to complying with the requirements specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Item, an official statement shall have been made that the seeds were taken from a crop which was grown at a place of production at which no symptoms of Verticillium Wilt of Lucerne (Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke and Berth.) have been observed during at least one official inspection carried out since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

59.Seeds of pea (Pisum sativum L.)

An official statement shall have been made:—

  1. (a)

    that the seeds were taken from a crop which was grown in a region of production in whichPseudomonas syringae pv.pisi has not been known to occur during the period of 10 years prior to the date on which the phytosanitary certificate accompanying the consignment was issued; or

  2. (b)

    that the seeds were grown at a place of production at which no symptoms ofPseudomonas syringae pv.pisi have been observed during at least one official inspection carried out since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

60.Seeds from plants of the genusPrunus L.
  1. (1)

    An official statement shall have been made:—

    1. (a)

      either that the seeds were taken from plants which were grown in a country in which Tomato Ring Spot virus is not known to occur in plants of the genusPrunus; or

    2. (b)
      1. (i)

        that the seeds were taken from plants which:—

        • either were certified under a certification scheme requiring them to be directly derived from material which has been maintained under appropriate conditions and subjected to regular official testing for at least Tomato Ring Spot virus and has been found free in those tests, from that virus; or

        • were directly derived from material which has been maintained under appropriate conditions and which has been subjected within the last three complete cycles of vegetation, at least once, to official testing for at least Tomato Ring Spot virus and has been found free, in those tests, from this virus; and

      2. (ii)

        that no symptoms of Tomato Ring Spot virus have been observed in the plants from which the seeds were taken or in other plants of the genusPrunus at the place of production or in its immediate vicinity during at least one official inspection carried out in each of the last three complete cycles of vegetation.

  2. (2)

    Where the consignment has been directly consigned to Great Britain from a third country, in addition to complying with the requirement specified in paragraph (1) of this Item:—

    1. (a)

      it shall be free from Tobacco Ring Spot virus; and

    2. (b)

      an official statement shall have been made that the requirements specified in paragraph (1) of this item relating to Tomato Ring Spot virus have also been complied with for Tobacco Ring Spot virus.

61.Seeds from plants of the genusRubus L.
  1. (1)

    The consignment shall be free from:—

    1. (a)

      Tomato Ring Spot virus;

    2. (b)

      Black Raspberry Latent virus;

    3. (c)

      Cherry Leaf Roll virus; and

    4. (d)

      Prunus Necrotic Ring Spot virus.

  2. (2)

    An official statement shall have been made:—

    1. (a)

      either that the seeds were taken from plants which were grown in a country in which the viruses specified in paragraph (1) of this Item are not known to occur in plants of the genusRubus L.; or

    2. (b)
      1. (i)

        that the seeds were taken from plants which:—

        • either were certified under a certification scheme requiring them to be directly derived from material which has been maintained under appropriate conditions and subjected to regular official testing for at least the viruses specified in paragraph (1) of this Item and has been found free, in those tests, from those viruses; or

        • were directly derived from material which has been maintained under appropriate conditions and which has been subjected, within the last three complete cycles of vegetation, at least once, to official testing for at least the viruses specified in paragraph (1) of this Item and has been found free, in those tests, from those viruses; and

      2. (ii)

        that no symptoms of the viruses specified in paragraph (1) of this Item have been observed in the plants from which the seeds were taken or in other plants of the genusRubus L. at the place of production, or in its immediate vicinity during at least one official inspection carried out in each of the last three complete cycles of vegetation.

  3. (3)

    Where the consignment has been directly consigned to Great Britain from a third country, in addition to complying with the requirements specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Item:—

    1. (a)

      it shall be free from

      1. (i)

        Tobacco Ring Spot virus;

      2. (ii)

        Raspberry Bushy Dwarf virus; and

    2. (b)

      an official statement shall have been made that the requirements specified in paragraph (2) of this Item relating to Tomato Ring Spot virus have also been complied with for Tobacco Ring Spot virus.

62.Seeds of tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum(L.) Karsten ex Farwell and hybrids and cultivars thereof).
  1. (1)

    An official statement shall have been made:—

    1. (a)

      that the seeds were extracted by an officially approved acid extraction method; and

    2. (b)

      that:—

      1. (i)

        either the seeds were taken from plants which were grown in a region in which Potato Spindle Tuber viroid, Bacterial Canker of Tomato (Clavibacter michiganense subsp.michiganense(E.F. Smith) Daviset al.(syn. (Corynebacterium michiganense(E.F. Smith) Jensen)) and Tomato Bacterial Spot (Xanthomonas campestris pv.vesicatoria(Doidge) Dye (syn.Xanthomonas vesicatoria(Doidge) Dowson)) are not known to occur; or

      2. (ii)

        the seeds were taken from plants which were grown at a place of production at which no symptoms of Potato Spindle Tuber viroid,Clavibacter michiganense subsp.michiganense andXanthomonas campestris pv.vesicatoria have been observed in any plants during at least one official inspection carried out since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

  2. (2)

    Where the consignment has been directly consigned to Great Britain from a third country, in addition to complying with the requirement specified in paragraph (1) of this Item, it shall be free from Tomato Bacterial Speck (Pseudomonas syringae pv.tomato(Okabe) Young, Dye and Wilkie).