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The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2015-11-19
Last updated 2020-12-31
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The group tolerance set out in the entry in column 3 of Table II, III (a), (b) or (c) or IV is specified, in relation to the Group of diseases, pests, damage or defects specified in column 1 of the Table to which the entry corresponds.

Collective group tolerances

4

The collective group tolerance set out in the entry in column 4 of Table II, III (a), (b) or (c) or IV is specified, in relation to the diseases, pests, damage or defects specified in Groups II, III and IV specified in column 1 of those Tables.

Allowable surface area cover

5

  • (1) This paragraph applies, for the purposes of regulation 16(1) and (3), to seed potatoes to which Table II, III (a), (b) or (c) or IV applies.
  • (2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), an authorised officer may deem a potato in any sample of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies not to be affected by a disease in Group III, specified in column 1 of the Table in relation to a potato of that grade when, in the officer's opinion—
  • (a) the surface area of the potato affected by the disease is less than the percentage surface area in the entry corresponding to the disease in column 5 of the Table; and
  • (b) the potato has at least two eyes at the rose end wholly unaffected by the disease.
  • (3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply when the disease Powdery Scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Lagerh) takes its cankerous form.
Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects Column 2Individual Tolerances
Group I
Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) Nil
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) Nil
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) Nil
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) Nil
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) Nil
Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell)) Nil
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Nil
Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) Nil
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS Nil
Group II
Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.) Nil
Dickeyaspp. Nil
Rots including Wet Rot but other than rots specified in Group I Nil
Frost damaged tubers Nil
Group III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) Nil
Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) Nil
Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) Nil
Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) Nil
Group IV
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety Nil
Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y Nil
Shrivelled tubers Nil
Group V
Dirt or extraneous matter 1.0%
Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects Column 2Individual Tolerances
--- ---
Group I
Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) Nil
Potato Tuber Nil
Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne)
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) Nil
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) Nil
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) Nil
Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell)) Nil
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Nil
Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) Nil
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS Nil
Group II
Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.) Nil
Dickeyaspp. Nil
Rots, other than rots specified in Group I 0.2%
Frost damaged tubers 0.2%
Group III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) 0.2%
Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) 1.0%
Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) 5.0%
Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) 1.0%
Group IV
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety 3.0%
Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y Nil
Shrivelled tubers 0.5%
Group V
Dirt or extraneous matter 1%
Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects
--- ---
Group I Group I
Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.)
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne)
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes)
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.)
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.)
Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell) Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell)
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid
Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS
Group II Group II
Dickeyaspp. Dickeyaspp.
Rots, other than rots specified in Group I Rots, other than rots specified in Group I
(of which Wet Rot) (of which Wet Rot)
Frost damaged tubers Frost damaged tubers
Group III Group III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis)
Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn)
Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) Common scab (Streptomyces spp.)
Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea)
Group IV Group IV
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety
Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y
Shrivelled tubers Shrivelled tubers
Group V Group V
Dirt or extraneous matter Dirt or extraneous matter
b) GB GRADE SE PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND b) GB GRADE SE PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND
Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects Column 2Individual Tolerances
Group I
Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) Nil
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) Nil
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) Nil
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) Nil
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) Nil
Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell)) Nil
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Nil
Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) Nil
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS Nil
Group II
Dickeyaspp. Nil
Rots, other than rots specified in Group I 0.5%
(of which Wet Rot) (0.2%)
Frost damaged tubers 0.5%
Group III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) 0.5%
Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) 5.0%
Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) 5.0%
Powdery scab (Spongosporasubterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) 3.0%
Group IV
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety 3.0%
Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y 0.1%
Shrivelled tubers 1.0%
Group V
Dirt or extraneous matter 1.0%
c) GB GRADE E AND TEST AND TRIAL SEED POTATOES PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND c) GB GRADE E AND TEST AND TRIAL SEED POTATOES PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND
Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects Column 2Individual Tolerances
Group I
Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) Nil
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) Nil
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) Nil
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus(Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) Nil
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) Nil
Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella(Zell)) Nil
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Nil
Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) Nil
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS Nil
Group II
Dickeyaspp. Nil
Rots, other than rots specified in Group I 0.5%
(of which Wet Rot) (0.2%)
Frost damaged tubers 0.5%
Group III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) 0.5%
Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) 5.0%
Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) 5.0%
Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) 3.0%
Group IV
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety 3.0%
Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y 0.1%
Shrivelled tubers 1.0%
Group V
Dirt or extraneous matter 1.0%
Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects Column 2Individual Tolerances
--- ---
Group I
Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) Nil
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) Nil
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) Nil
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) Nil
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) Nil
Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell)) Nil
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Nil
Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) Nil
Group II
Dickeyaspp. Nil
Rots including Wet Rot but other than rots specified in Group I 0.2%
Frost damaged tubers 0.2%
Group III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) 0.5%
Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) 1.5%
Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) 1.5%
Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) 1.5%
Group IV
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety 1.0%
Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y 0.1%
External necrosis (caused by viruses other than Potato Virus Y) 2.0%
Shrivelled tubers 2.0%
Group V
Dirt or extraneous matter 0.5%

SCHEDULE 7 — PARTICULARS TO BE SPECIFIED IN A SALE NOTE, DELIVERY NOTE, INVOICE, ETC.

Pre basic seed potatoes

  • Name and address of the seller
  • Declared net weight
  • Variety
  • Genetically modified (if appropriate)
  • Pre basic seed potatoes
  • Grade
  • Field generation (if shown on official label)
  • Size
  • Crop identification number including producer’s identification number
  • Particulars of any chemical treatment

Basic Seed potatoes

  • Name and address of the seller
  • Declared net weight
  • Variety
  • Genetically modified (if appropriate)
  • Basic seed potatoes
  • Grade
  • Field generation (if shown on official label)
  • Size
  • Crop identification number including producer’s identification number
  • Particulars of any chemical treatment

SCHEDULE 8 — SAMPLING

1

Where the bulk consists of seed potatoes comprising more than one consignment, or associated with more than one crop inspection report, the bulk must be divided so that each consignment or, as the case may be, the quantity of potatoes associated with each report, constitutes a separate lot and a separate sample of seed potatoes must be taken from each lot.

2

Where the total quantity of seed potatoes being sampled separately does not exceed 50 kilograms, all the seed potatoes must be examined.

3

Where the total quantity of seed potatoes being sampled separately exceeds 50 kilograms, but does not exceed 5 tonnes, a sample of the greater of at least 5 per cent of the weight of the quantity or 50 kilograms must be selected at random.

4

Where the total quantity of seed potatoes being sampled separately exceeds 5 tonnes, a sample of at least 250 kilograms must be selected at random.

SCHEDULE 9 — REVOCATIONS

Column 1 Regulations Column 2 Citation Column 3 Extent to which revoked
The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2000 S.S.I. 2000/201 The whole Regulations
The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/3510 Regulation 25(6)(b)
The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 S.S.I. 2005/280 The whole Regulations
The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 S.S.I. 2007/418 The whole Regulations
The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 S.S.I. 2009/226 The whole Regulations
The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 S.S.I. 2010/71 The whole Regulations

Signed

RICHARD LOCHHEAD — A member of the Scottish Government — 2015-11-19

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

1

1964 c.14. (“the 1964 Act”). Section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act1972 (c.68) (“the 1972 Act”), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1) and (2); by the Agriculture Act1986 (c.49), section 2; and byS.I. 1977/1112. Section 16 is applied to seed potatoes by section 29(1) of the 1964 Act. Section 29 was amended by the 1972 Act, section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(4). The powers conferred by section 16 are exercisable by “the Minister”. See section 38 of the 1964 Act for definition of “the Minister”. The functions of the Secretary of State, insofar as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act1998 (c.46).

2

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act2008 (c.7) (“the 2008 Act”), section 3(3) and Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. Section 2(2) is used for the purposes of the consequential amendments in regulation 22 and the revocations in regulation 24 of and Schedule 9, paragraph 2 to these Regulations.

5

OJ L 362, 9.12.2004, p.21.

6

OJ L 38, 7.2.2014, p.32.

7

OJ L 38, 7.2.2014, p.39.

8

OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation(EC) No 1829/2003 (OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p.1).

9

OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p.60, as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2014/367/EU (OJ L 178, 18.6.2014, p.26).

10

OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p.1, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2015/412 (OJ L 68, 12.3.2015, p.1).

11

S.I. 2001/3510. Regulation 2(1) ofS.I. 2001/3510 was amended byS.I. 2011/464, regulation 2(2)(b). Regulation 3 was amended byS.I. 2004/2949, regulation 2(3)(b) and (c) and byS.I. 2011/464, regulation 2(3). Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 1 was substituted byS.I. 2010/1195.

12

OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p.1, as last amended by Regulation(EC) No 298/2008 (OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p.64).

13

OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p.132. This Agreement was one of 7 agreements with the Swiss Confederation, approved in Council and CommissionDecision 2002/309/EC, Euratom, (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p.1).

14

OJ L 312, 27.11.2010, p.31.

15

2000 c.7, as amended by the Communications Act 2003, Schedule 17, paragraph 158.

16

OJ L 162, 21.6.2008, p.13.

19

The definition was substituted byS.I. 2011/464.

21

S.S.I. 2005/613, to which there are no relevant amendments.

22

S.S.I. 2005/613. Regulation 22 of these Regulations makes an amendment to the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005, which affects the interpretation of article 39(3).

23

These terms are referred to in Schedule 1, Part I, paragraphs 1(a) and (b).

24

These terms are referred to in Schedule 1, Part I, paragraphs 1(a) and (b).

25

These terms are referred to in Schedule 1, Part I, paragraphs 1(a) and (b).

Pre basic seed potatoes

  • Name and address of the seller
  • Declared net weight
  • Variety
  • Genetically modified (if appropriate)
  • Pre basic seed potatoes
  • Grade
  • Field generation (if shown on official label)
  • Size
  • Crop identification number including producer's identification number
  • Particulars of any chemical treatment

Basic Seed potatoes

  • Name and address of the seller
  • Declared net weight
  • Variety
  • Genetically modified (if appropriate)
  • Basic seed potatoes
  • Grade
  • Field generation (if shown on official label)
  • Size
  • Crop identification number including producer's identification number
  • Particulars of any chemical treatment

Editorial notes

26

1964 c.14. (“the 1964 Act”). Section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act1972 (c.68) (“the 1972 Act”), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1) and (2); by the Agriculture Act1986 (c.49), section 2; and byS.I. 1977/1112. Section 16 is applied to seed potatoes by section 29(1) of the 1964 Act. Section 29 was amended by the 1972 Act, section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(4). The powers conferred by section 16 are exercisable by “the Minister”. See section 38 of the 1964 Act for definition of “the Minister”. The functions of the Secretary of State, insofar as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act1998 (c.46).

27

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act2008 (c.7) (“the 2008 Act”), section 3(3) and Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. Section 2(2) is used for the purposes of the consequential amendments in regulation 22 and the revocations in regulation 24 of and Schedule 9, paragraph 2 to these Regulations.

30

OJ L 362, 9.12.2004, p.21.

31

OJ L 38, 7.2.2014, p.32.

32

OJ L 38, 7.2.2014, p.39.

33

OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p.1, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2015/412 (OJ L 68, 12.3.2015, p.1).

34

S.I. 2001/3510. Regulation 2(1) of S.I. 2001/3510 was amended by S.I. 2011/464, regulation 2(2)(b). Regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 2004/2949, regulation 2(3)(b) and (c) and by S.I. 2011/464, regulation 2(3). Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 1 was substituted by S.I. 2010/1195.

35

OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p.1, as last amended by Regulation(EC) No 298/2008 (OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p.64).

36

2000 c.7, as amended by the Communications Act 2003, Schedule 17, paragraph 158.

37

OJ L 162, 21.6.2008, p.13.

39

The definition was substituted by S.I. 2011/464.

40

These terms are referred to in Schedule 1, Part I, paragraphs 1(a) and (b).

41

These terms are referred to in Schedule 1, Part I, paragraphs 1(a) and (b).

42

These terms are referred to in Schedule 1, Part I, paragraphs 1(a) and (b).

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