Regulation 20 Operations requiring a licence from the Secretary of State

United Kingdom

(1)

Any person carrying out any of the following operations must be licensed to do so by the Secretary of State—

(a)

marketing seed;

(b)

packing, sealing or labelling seed;

(c)

re-packing, re-sealing or re-labelling seed;

(d)

preparing mixtures of seed for marketing;

(e)

cleaning, treating or in any other way processing seed intended for marketing.

(2)

But the requirement for a licence does not apply in relation to the marketing of—

(a)

small packages of seed as defined in Schedule 3;

(b)

unpacketed seed; or

(c)

seed, as grown, for processing, provided the identity of the seed is ensured under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4.