{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seeds-amendment-regulations-1989/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1315",
  "legislation_title": "The Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seeds-amendment-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment",
  "text": "(1) The Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1985 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.\n(2) In regulation 3(1) (interpretation) in the definition of “small package” after the word “turnip” there shall be inserted the word “gourd”.\n(3) In regulation 5 (marketing of seeds) after paragraph (11) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(12) Seeds which have been produced and packaged in a Member State other than the United Kingdom, notwithstanding that they have not been officially certified as Certified Seed in that Member State, may be imported but shall not be marketed in the United Kingdom until they have been officially certified in the United Kingdom.”.\n(4) In regulation 9(8) (labelling of packages) after the words “variety of the seeds” there shall be inserted the words “from which it shall be separated by a dash”.\n(5) For Schedule 1 (kinds of seeds to which the Regulations apply) there shall be substituted the following—\n“SCHEDULE 1\nKINDS OF SEEDS TO WHICH THE REGULATIONS APPLY\nRegulation 4(1)\n(1)\n(2)\nLatin Name\nCommon Name\nAllium cepa L.\nOnion\nAllium porrum L.\nLeek\nApium graveolens L.\nCelery, Celeriac\nAsparagus officinalis L.\nAsparagus\nBeta vulgaris L. var.vulgaris\nSpinach beet, leaf beet or chard\nBeta vulgaris L. var.conditiva Alef.\nRed beet or Beetroot\nBrassica oleracea L. convar.acephala(DC.) Alef. var.gongylodes L.\nKohl rabi\nBrassica oleracea L. convar.acephala(DC.) Alef. var.sabellica\nCurly kale or Borecole\nBrassica oleracea L. convar.botrytis(L.) Alef. var.botrytis\nCauliflower\nBrassica oleracea L. convar.botrytis(L.) Alef. var.cymosa Duch.\nSprouting broccoli, Calabrese\nBrassica oleracea L. convar.capitata(L.) Alef. var.alba DC.\nCabbage\nBrassica oleracea L. convar.capitata(L.) Alef. var.rubra DC.\nRed cabbage\nBrassica oleracea L. convar.capitata(L.) Alef. var.sabauda L.\nSavoy cabbage\nBrassica oleracea L. convar.oleracea var.gemmifera DC.\nBrussels sprouts\nBrassica pekinensis(Lour.) Rupr.\nChinese cabbage\nBrassica rapa L. var. rapa\nTurnip\nCichorium endivia L.\nEndive\nCichorium intybus L. (partim.)\nChicory\nCucumis melo L.\nMelon\nCucumis sativus L.\nCucumber, Gherkin\nCucurbita maxima Duchesne\nGourd\nCucurbita pepo L.\nMarrow\nDaucus carota L.\nCarrot\nLactuca sativa L.\nLettuce\nLycopersicon lycopersicum(L.) Karsten\nTomato\nPetroselinum crispum(Miller) Nyman ex A.W. Hill\nParsley\nPhaseolus coccineus L.\nRunner bean\nPhaseolus vulgaris L.\nFrench bean\nPisum sativum L. (partim.)\nPea (excluding field pea)\nRaphanus sativus L.\nRadish\nSpinacia oleracea L.\nSpinach\nVicia faba L. (partim.)\nBroad bean\n”\n(6) In Schedule 4, Part I (Basic Seed and Certified Seed conditions relating to crops from which seeds are obtained) for paragraph 7, there shall be substituted the following paragraph—\n“7 Throughout the period of flowering of the crop there shall be the following minimum distances from sources of undesirable pollen capable of fertilizing the seed crop—\n(a) Beta species—\n(i) from any pollen sources of the genusBeta not included in sub-paragraphs (ii) or (iii)1000m\n(ii) from pollen sources of varieties of the same sub-species belonging to a different group of varieties—\nCrops to produce Basic Seed1000m\nCrops to produce Certified Seed600m\n(iii) from pollen sources of varieties of the same sub-species belonging to the same group of varieties—\nCrops to produce Basic Seed1000m\nCrops to produce Certified Seed600m\n(b) Brassica species—\nCrops to produce Basic Seed1000m\nCrops to produce Certified Seed600m\n(c) other cross-fertilized vegetable species\nCrops to produce Basic Seed500m\nCrops to produce Certified Seed300m\nWith the approval of the Minister, these distances may be modified if there is adequate protection against undesirable pollen.\nFor the purposes of this paragraph the groups of varieties of theBeta species shall be those set out in the following table classified in groups according to their characteristics. Where the crop is of a genetically monogerm variety, multigerm varieties shall be deemed to belong to a different group—\n(1)\nBeta vulgaris L. var.vulgaris, Spinach beet, chard\n1\n2\nGroup\nCharacteristics\n1\nWhite petiole and pale green leaf blade, without anthocyanin coloration.\n2\nWhite petiole and medium or dark green leaf blade, without anthocyanin coloration.\n3\nGreen petiole and medium or dark green leaf blade, without anthocyanin coloration.\n4\nPink petiole and medium or dark green leaf blade.\n5\nRed petiole and leaf blade with anthocyanin coloration.\n(2)\nBeta vulgaris L. var.conditiva Alef., red beet or beetroot\n1\n2\nGroup\nCharacteristics\n1\nTransverse narrow elliptic or transverse elliptic shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh red or purple.\n2\nCircular or broad elliptic shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh white.\n3\nCircular or broad elliptic shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh yellow.\n4\nCircular or broad elliptic shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh red or purple.\n5\nNarrow oblong shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh red or purple.\n6\nNarrow obtriangular shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh red or purple.\n”\n(7) In Schedule 4, Part II (Basic Seed, Certified Seed and Standard Seed conditions relating to the seeds) in the table in paragraph 2(a)—\n(a) after the entry “chicory” there shall be inserted an entry “Chinese cabbage” and\n(b) after the entry “Gherkin” there shall be inserted “Gourd” as follows:\n“\nKind\nMinimum analytical purity (% by weight)\nMaximum content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)\nMinimum germination(% of pure seeds or pellets)\nChinese cabbage\n97\n1\n75\nGourd\n98\n0·1\n80\n”\n(8) In Schedule 5—\n(a) in Part I (sampling of seed lots)—\n(i) in paragraph 9 after “sampling device” the words “approved by the Minister” shall be deleted;\n(ii) in paragraph 11(i) (Dynamic Spear Sampler) at the end of the table, under the appropriate columns (a) to (g) there shall be inserted—\n“Peas and beans 78 15 15 40 18 20 22”;\n(iii) paragraph 15 (moisture samples) shall be deleted;\n(b) in Part II (maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a submitted sample) in the table after “Gherkin” there shall be inserted “Gourd” as follows—\n“\nKind\nMaximum Lot Weight (tonnes)\nMinimum Submitted Sample Weight (g)\nGourd\n20\n250\n”\n(9) In Schedule 6 (labelling), immediately after the heading “SCHEDULE 6” there shall be inserted the following—\n“For the purposes of these Regulations the particulars prescribed in this Schedule as to the kind and variety of seed shall be indicated on the label in roman characters. The kind of seed shall be designated by its Latin name, or its common name, or both, as prescribed in Schedule 1.”.\n(10) In Schedule 6, Part I, paragraph B(a) after item 10 there shall be inserted—\n“11 In the case of varieties which are hybrids or inbred lines—\n(a) for Basic Seed where the hybrid or inbred line to which the seed belongs has been officially accepted on a National List or the Common Catalogue—the name of this component, under which it has been officially accepted, with or without reference to the final variety, accompanied, in the case of hybrids or inbred lines which are intended solely as components for final varieties, by the word “component”;\n(b) for Basic Seed in other cases—the name of the component to which the Basic Seed belongs, which may be given in code form, accompanied by a reference to the final variety, with or without reference to its function (male or female), and accompanied by the word “component”;\n(c) for Certified Seed—the name of the variety to which the seed belongs, accompanied by the word “hybrid”.”",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "S.I. 1985/979, amended by S.I. 1987/1093."
    }
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