# The Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 4

Extent: N.I.

(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 Part 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/190/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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