# The Seed Potatoes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Seed Potatoes (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2929 (W. 264)) so as to amend the tolerances for Common Scab (Streptomyces species) as follows—
(a) to increase the individual tolerance on pre-basic seed potatoes of pre-basic 1, pre-basic 2, pre-basic 3 or pre-basic 4 class and on basic seed potatoes to 5%; and
(b) to increase the proportion of surface area which can be affected from one-quarter to one-third.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2008/1063/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-wales-amendment-regulations-2008/note
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