Regulation 4 Amendment of regulation 18

For regulation 18(6)(a) (Prevention of marketing of sub-standard potatoes and the prevention of spread of disease by marketing of potatoes) there shall be substituted the following:—

“(a)

in relation to the pests and diseases specified in Group III of Part I and Group V of Part II of Schedule 5 deem a potato in any such sample not to be affected by disease when in his opinion—

(i)

less than one-eighth of its surface area has been affected, and

(ii)

it has at least 2 eyes at the rose end wholly unaffected by the disease;

(aa)

in relation to the pests and diseases specified in Group IV of Parts I and II of Schedule 5 deem a potato in any such sample not to be affected by disease when in his opinion—

(i)

less than one-quarter of its surface area has been affected, and

(ii)

it has at least 2 eyes at the rose end wholly unaffected by the disease;”.