{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule-6/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule-6/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/395",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Tolerances",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of regulations 9 and 16—\n(a) Table I applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable GB grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, under regulation 15(2), is GB grade PBTC;\n(b) Table II applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable GB grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, under regulation 15(2), is GB grade PB; and\n(c) Table III (a) applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable GB grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, under regulation 15(2), is GB grade S;\n(d) Table III (b) applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable GB grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, under regulation 15(2), is GB grade SE; and\n(e) Table III (c) applies to—\n(i) seed potatoes produced in Scotland where the applicable GB grade determined under regulation 8(2)(a) or, as the case may be, under regulation 15(2), is GB grade E; and\n(ii) seed potatoes produced in Scotland and certified under these Regulations as being of test and trial seed potatoes; and\n(f) Table IV applies to seed potatoes produced in Scotland, certified as basic seed potatoes and intended for markets outside the British Islands.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), any tolerance in column 2, or, as the case may be, column 3 or 4 of any of the Tables in this Schedule which is expressed as a percentage, is a reference to the maximum proportion which the weight of potatoes affected by the disease, pest, damage or defect may bear to the total weight of the sample taken, expressed as a percentage.\n(3) In the case of dirt or other extraneous matter, any tolerance in column 2 or, as the case may be, column 3 or 4 of any of the Tables in this Schedule which is expressed as a percentage is a reference to the maximum proportion which the weight of such matter may bear to the total weight of the sample taken, expressed as a percentage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 6 para. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(a)(i) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 17(17)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(a)(ii) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 17(17)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in sch. 6 para. 1(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(a)(iii) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 17(17)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in sch. 6 para. 1(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(a)(iv) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 17(17)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in sch. 6 para. 1(1)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(a)(v) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 17(17)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in sch. 6 para. 1(1)(e)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(a)(vi) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 17(17)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in sch. 6 para. 1(1)(f) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(a)(vii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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