Regulation 8 Sealing of packagesF1I1
England, Wales and Scotland
No person shall market in accordance with regulation 5(1)(a) or (2) a package (other than a package of Uncertified Pre-basic Seed, a package of Standard Seed or a small package of seeds) of Pre-basic Seed, Basic Seed or Certified Seed unless it has been, not later than at the time of sampling, sealed by or under the supervision of a person authorised by F2the Ministers in that behalf in such a manner that when the package is opened the sealing device will be broken and cannot be re-used.
If a package of seeds which has been sealed in accordance with paragraph (1) above or imported in accordance with regulations 5(1)(b)(ii) or (c)(ii) shall have been opened it may only be re-sealed or further re-sealed by or under the supervision of a person authorised by the Ministers in that behalf.
No person shall market a package of Uncertified Pre-basic Seed, a package of Standard Seed or a small package of seeds unless it has been sealed with a dealing device in such a manner that when the package is opened the sealing device will be broken and cannot be re-used.
No person shall market a package of seed of a Conservation Variety or a package of Standard Seed of an Amateur Variety unless it has been sealed by the supplier using a non-reusable sealing system or some other sealing system—
including the use of a label or the affixing of a seal; and
in such a manner that the package cannot be opened without damaging the sealing system or without leaving evidence of tampering on the label or the package.
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
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)
- F3
Reg. 8(4) inserted (S.) (31.12.2010) by The Vegetable Seeds Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/425), regs. 1(1), 8
Commencement
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Reg. 8 in force at 1.9.1993, see reg. 1