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Regulation 6A Breeder’s confirmationsF1F2

(1)

An application for the issue of a breeder’s confirmation in respect of a seed lot—

(a)

shall be made in writing by the breeder to F3the Ministers in such form and manner, and shall include such information, records, illustrations, material and seeds, as the Ministers may require;

(b)

shall be made not later than the thirty-first day of December of the year following the year of harvest of the crop from which the seed lot is obtained or within such other time as the Ministers may allow; and

(c)

shall be made only for seed of a variety when an application has been made to add the variety to F4a GB Variety List or an NI Variety List.

(2)

Where an application for the issue of a breeder’s confirmation is made to the Ministers in accordance with paragraph (1) above the Ministers shall deal with the application in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2A.

(3)

A breeder’s confirmation which has been issued by the Ministers may be withdrawn by him in respect of either the whole of a seed lot or any part of a seed lot and any seeds from which a breeder’s confirmation has been so withdrawn shall be deemed not to have had a breeder’s confirmation if—

(a)

the results of an official examination of the seeds in respect of which the breeder’s confirmation has been issued are declared null and void in accordance with paragraph (2) of regulation 7, or

(b)

information has been received by him which, if known to him before the breeder’s confirmation was issued, would have resulted in the application for its issue being refused on the grounds that the seeds did not meet the requirements of the seeds regulations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (E.) (31.1.2003) by The Vegetable Seed (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3175), regs. 1, 32(1)(a) (with reg. 32(2)(3)) and (W.) (18.11.2005) by The Vegetable Seed (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3035), reg. 32(1)(a) (with reg. 32(2))

F2

Reg. 6A inserted (30.7.1999) by The Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1863), regs. 1, 3(6) (with reg. 4)

F3

Words in Regulations substituted (S.) (1.8.2000) by The Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/250), regs. 1(1), 3(2)

F4

Words in reg. 6A(1)(c) substituted (S.) (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 9(6) (as substituted by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 10(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)