Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made: 1st May 2001

Coming into operation—

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Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Exemption

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Marketing of seed potatoes

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Seed potatoes from third countries: information

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Production measures in the interests of plant health

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Separation in the interests of varietal purity

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Certification and classification

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Community grading of basic seed potatoes

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Packages and containers

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Genetically modified seed potatoes

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Labelling of packages and containers

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Withholding or withdrawal of sealing devices or official labels

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Sealing of packages and containers

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Separate note, etc., of Schedule 7 particulars

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Retail sales

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Tolerances

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Taking of samples

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Sub-standard seed potatoes

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Records and information

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Power to exempt

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Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993

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Modifications of the Act

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Certification of seed potatoes

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SCHEDULE 2 — Classification: source material for planting, requirements and tolerances for the growing crop

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SCHEDULE 3 — Particulars to be set out in a certificate

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SCHEDULE 4 — Seed potato tubers: requirements as to varietal purity and size

Requirements as to varietal purity and size

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Pre-basic TC and equivalent seed potatoes

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Pre-basic 1 and Pre-basic 2 and equivalent seed potatoes

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Basic seed potatoes

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SCHEDULE 5

Part I — Requirements for an official label

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Part II — Marking of packages and containers for pre-basic seed potatoes or basic seed potatoes exported from Northern Ireland

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Part III — Information in respect of seed potatoes more than 2 kilograms in net weight produced in a country other than a member State

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SCHEDULE 6 — Tolerances for diseases, pests, damage and defects in seed potato tubers

Tolerances

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Individual tolerances

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Group tolerances

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Collective group tolerances

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Allowable surface area cover

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SCHEDULE 7 — Particulars to be specified in a sale note, etc.

Pre-basic seed potatoes

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Basic seed potatoes

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SCHEDULE 8 — Sampling Procedures

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SCHEDULE 9 — Measures to prevent spread, by means of seed potatoes, of disease or pests

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SCHEDULE 10 — Revocations

Title	Reference
Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981	S.R. 1981 No. 243
Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983	S.R. 1983 No. 244
Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985	S.R. 1985 No. 2
Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991	S.R. 1991 No. 397
Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993	S.R. 1993 No. 372
Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994	S.R. 1994 No. 459
Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996	S.R. 1996 No. 242
Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997	S.R. 1997 No. 402

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 1st May 2001.

R. S. Johnston — A senior officer of the — Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(4)

[^f00002]: 1965 c. 22 N.I.; sections 1 and 2 were amended by section 10 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (1970 c. 20 (N.I.)) and by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351; section 2 was also amended by S.R. 1977 No. 295; section 12(1) was amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351

[^f00003]: S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2)

[^f00004]: S.I. 1972/1811

[^f00005]: 1972 c. 68

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L106, 30.4.93, p. 7

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L106, 30.4.93, p. 13

[^f00009]: 1967 c. 28 (N.I.)

[^f00010]: S.R. 1993 No. 256 as amended by S.R. 1995 No. 164, No. 250 and No. 494, S.R. 1996 No. 204 and No. 249, S.R. 1997 No. 110 and No. 397, S.R. 1998 No. 16, No. 107, No. 146 and No. 315, S.R. 1999 No. 1, No. 24 and No. 212, S.R. 2000 No. 108 and No.126 and S.R. 2001 No. 32

[^f00011]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00012]: O.J. No. L225, 12.10.1970, p. 1 (English Special Edition Supplement Series 1 (66-70) p. 36); as last amended by Council Directive 98/96/EC (O.J. No. L25, 1.2.1999, p. 27)

[^f00015]: S.R. 1985 No. 1 as amended by S.R. 1987 No. 89 and S.R. 1990 No. 323

Editorial notes

Test and trial seed potatoes

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Seed potatoes from third countries: information

Production measures in the interests of plant health

Composition of lots of seed potatoes and separation in the interests of varietal purity

Certification and classification

Community grading of basic seed potatoes

Packages and containers

Genetically modified seed potatoes

Labelling of packages and containers

Withholding or withdrawal of sealing devices or official labels

Sealing of packages and containers

Separate note, etc., of Schedule 7 particulars

Retail sales

Tolerances

Taking of samples

Sub-standard seed potatoes

Records and information

Power to exempt

Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993

Modifications of the Act

Revocations

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SCHEDULE 11 — AUTHORISATION FOR MARKETING SEED POTATOES FOR TEST AND TRIAL PURPOSES

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