The Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Marketing of seed potatoes from the EU or Switzerland

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• (1) No person may market in Northern Ireland any seed potatoes produced in a member State or Switzerland.

• (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to seed potatoes which meet the conditions set out in paragraph (3).

• (3) The conditions are that the seed potatoes—

• (a) are of a variety listed on the National List or on the Common Catalogue;

• (b) comply with the requirements of Council Directive 2002/56/EC; and

• (c) have been imported into Northern Ireland before the end of the period of one year beginning with the day after the day on which exit day falls.

• (4) Paragraph (1) is subject to regulations made under Section 1(2A) of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 on the importation of seed potatoes.

Marketing of seed potatoes of conservation varieties

Marketing of seed potatoes for scientific purposes or selection work

Marketing of seed potatoes for test or trial purposes

Size of seed potatoes

Composition of lots of seed potatoes

Certification and grading of seed potatoes

Labelling of packages and containers of seed potatoes

Sealing of packages and containers

Genetically modified seed potatoes

Seed potatoes imported from outside the British Islands : information

Particulars of sale

Retail sales of seed potatoes

Production measures in the interests of plant health

Sampling of seed potatoes

Keeping of records

Enforcement: powers of inspection and production

Enforcement: power to withdraw official labels, official documents, certificates and growing crop reports and to determine a lower UK grade

Enforcement: disease control

Exclusion of provisions of the Act

Transitional provision

Transitional provisions for official labels on exit day

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A label pre-printed in the United Kingdom before exit day which at the date on which it was printed was an official label for the purposes of these Regulations is to be treated as an official label for basic seed potatoes for the purposes of any use of that label, in accordance with these Regulations, before the end of the period of one year beginning with the day after the day on which exit day falls.

Amendments and revocations