Regulation 11 Basic and certified seed potatoes produced in Great Britain: labelling of packages

Subject to regulations 16 and 21, no person shall market a package or container of basic seed potatoes or certified seed potatoes produced in Great Britain otherwise than in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3), (5) and (6) of this regulation and of regulation 14.

Subject to paragraph (5) of this regulation, each package or container shall have affixed to the outside an official label on which there shall be correctly stated in relation to the seed potatoes in the package or container the particulars specified in paragraph 4 of Schedule 4.

Each package or container shall contain an official document on which there shall be stated in relation to the seed potatoes in the package or container the particulars specified in paragraph 7 of Schedule 4:

• Provided that no such official document shall be required where such last mentioned particulars are indelibly printed on the package or container or where the particulars referred to in paragraph (2) of this regulation are printed on a wear and tear resistant label attached to it.

Application for official labels and official documents shall be made in writing to the Minister with such information in such form and in such manner as he may require. No person shall, in connection with the issue of an official label or an official document, supply any information which is false in a material respect.

If a package or container shall have been re-sealed by an authorised officer in accordance with regulation 14 the official label shall state–

Where basic seed potatoes or certified seed potatoes produced in Great Britain have been treated with any chemical product the type and function or the proprietary name of that product shall be stated on a label attached to the package or container and on a document contained in the package or container:

• Provided that no such document shall be required where such statement is indelibly printed on the package or container or on a wear and tear resistant label attached to it.

Except in accordance with the requirements of the Act or of these Regulations or of orders made under the Plant Health Act 1967^f1, no person shall in connection with the marketing or the preparation for the marketing of any seed potatoes, wilfully reproduce, remove, alter, deface, conceal or misuse in any way any official label or official document, any label affixed or document given in accordance with paragraph (6) of this regulation.