{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-and-plant-material-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-and-plant-material-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2020/165",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed and Plant Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-and-plant-material-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "text": "(1) The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.\n(2) In schedule 1 (conditions for certification and grading of Scottish seed potatoes), in Part 1 (general), in paragraph 5(1)(h)—\n(a) after sub-head (vii), omit “and”,\n(b) after sub-head (viii) insert—\n“(ix) Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al; and\n(x) Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al.”.\n(3) In schedule 2 (certification and grading: requirements and tolerances), in paragraph 2—\n(a) in column 4 of both rows (PBTC and PB) in Table 1—\n(i) after paragraph (e) omit “and”, and\n(ii) after paragraph (f) insert—\n“(g) Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS] – nil;\n(h) Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al., [PHYPSO] – nil; and\n(i) Potato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0] – nil.”,\n(b) in column 4 of each row (S, SE and E) in Table 2—\n(i) after paragraph (e) omit “and”, and\n(ii) after paragraph (f) insert—\n“(g) Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS] – nil;\n(h) Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al., [PHYPSO] – nil; and\n(i) Potato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0] – nil.”.\n(4) In schedule 6 (tolerances for diseases, pests, damage and defects), in paragraph 5—\n(a) in table 1, after the last row (Colorado Beetle) of Group 1, insert—\n“\nCandidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS]\nNil\n”,\n(b) in table 2, after the last row (Colorado Beetle) of Group 1, insert—\n“\nCandidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS]\nNil\n”,\n(c) in table 3, after the last row (Colorado Beetle) of Group 1 in each part ((a): grade S, (b): grade SE and (c): grade E) of the table, insert—\n“\nCandidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS]\nNil\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2015/395, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/165/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:09.040818+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}