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Paragraph 8 Sampling from large containers or seed in bulkF1I1

England, Wales and Scotland

For the sampling of containers holding more than 100 kg of seed, and for the sampling of seed in bulk, primary samples shall be taken from different horizontal and vertical positions selected at random and the following shall be regarded as the minimum requirement:—

Lot weight Number of primary samples to be taken
up to 500 kgat least five primary samples
501-3000 kgone primary sample for each 300 kg but not less than five
3001-20,000 kgone primary sample for each 500 kg but not less than 10
F220,001 kg and aboveone primary sample for each 700 kg but not less than 40

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 Sch. 5 para. 8 added (1.7.1996) by The Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1452), regs. 1, 2(2)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 8 in force at 1.9.1993, see reg. 1