Paragraph 4

(1)

No growing crop certificate may be issued containing a statement that seed potatoes are capable of being marketed as pre-basic seed potatoes of any grade unless the authorised officer is satisfied that the land on which the seed potatoes are growing or were grown—

(a)

is land which, as a result of a soil test carried out by the Welsh Ministers prior to the planting of the crop, has been found not to be contaminated with Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes);

(b)

is not demarcated under F1Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the Official Controls (Plant Health) Regulations as infested with a European population of Potato Cyst Nematode; and

(c)

has not been used for growing potatoes at any time during the seven years immediately preceding the planting of the crop.

(2)

But 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 (27.3.2020) by The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/206), reg. 1, Sch. 5 para. 4(4)(b)