National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (107 of 1998)
R 385
Plant Improvement Act, 2018 (Act No. 11 of 2018)RegulationsRegulations made in terms of the Plant Improvement Act, 2018Chapter IV: Conditions for Sale of Plants and Propagating Material30. Permissible tolerance with regard to the indication of germination or viability groups |
| (1) | The germination or viability percentage groups indicated in terms of regulation 29(1)(d) on a container or on a label attached to a container, are accepted as correct if— |
| (a) | the actual percentage germination or viability used to determine the groups concerned; and |
| (b) | the percentage germination or viability of the seed concerned, as determined by a test, examination or analysis in terms of section 42(2)(d) of the Act, |
when compared, the tolerance provided for the relevant test, examination or analysis, is not exceeded.
| (2) | The rule of tolerance, referred to in subregulatlon (1), shall only be applied when the actual percentage germination or viability referred to in subregulation 1(a), has been obtained from a test report that has been drawn up in accordance with the terms of regulation 23(1) and such test report has been made available for inspection to the registrar, an employee or an authorised person. |
