Regulation 19 Official controls

(1)

The Secretary of State must carry out official controls on the production and marketing of seed produced under a licence granted under regulation 21A of the 2011 Regulations.

(2)

Official controls must include, but are not limited to—

(a)

inspection of production fields, to be carried out at least twice during the course of the experiment;

(b)

sampling of seeds from each population developed under the experiment, to be carried out—

(i)

at least annually;

(ii)

on at least 5% of the population; and

(iii)

on a random selection basis; and

(c)

comparative field trials on each of the populations developed under this experiment which are to be, or are being, marketed.

(3)

The field trials referred to in paragraph (2)(c)—

(a)

may be carried out by—

(i)

the Secretary of State;

(ii)

breeders or producers of the population under the supervision of the Secretary of State; or

(iii)

research institutions; and

(b)

may be carried out at any intervals that the Secretary of State considers appropriate.