Paragraph 4

Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 para. 1(b)(i) omitted by Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 5(17)(a)
Sch. 1 para. 1(b)(ii) word substituted by Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 5(17)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 2(c) word substituted by Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 5(17)(c)
Sch. 1 para. 3(a) substituted by Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 5(17)(d)

(1)

A growing crop report stating that the seed potatoes are capable of being marketed as pre-basic seed potatoes shall not be issued unless the authorised officer is satisfied that the land on which the seed potatoes are growing—

(a)

is land which, as a result of a soil test carried out by the Department prior to the planting of the crop, has been found not to be contaminated with Potato Cyst Nematode;

(b)

is not demarcated under F1Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations ; and

(c)

is land which has not been used for growing potatoes at any time during the six years immediately preceding the planting of the crop.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (1)(a) does not apply in the case of seed potatoes grown in a soil-free medium.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(b) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/230), reg. 1, Sch. 5 para. 4(4)(b)