Paragraph 7

(1)

No growing crop certificate may be issued containing a statement that seed potatoes are capable of being marketed as 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 five 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. 7(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)(c)