| (1) |
The owner or occupier of an establishment at which the business of a test laboratory is conducted, shall in respect of each sample of plant and propagating material handled there, compile a report which contains at least the following particulars: |
| (a) |
the date on which the sample concerned was received; |
| (b) |
the kind of plant or propagating material of the sample concerned as indicated by the person by whom it was submitted; |
| (c) |
the name and address of the person by whom the sample concerned was submitted for testing, examination or analysis; |
| (d) |
the reference numbers respectively allocated to the sample concerned by the person referred to in paragraph (c) and the owner or occupier of the establishment concerned; |
| (e) |
the respective dates on which the testing, examination or analysis of the sample has commenced and was completed; |
| (f) |
the result of the testing, examination or analysis of the sample concerned, in which the following applicable particulars shall be indicated: |
| (i) |
in the case of plants, tubers or bulbs— |
| (A) |
the method used to carry out the test, examination or analysis on the sample concerned; |
| (B) |
the part of the plant, tuber or bulb which was tested, examined or analysed; |
| (C) |
the type of organism tested, examined or analysed for; |
| (D) |
kind of contamination found; |
| (E) |
any remarks which the person who has performed the test, examination or analysis concerned, wishes to make in connection with the result concerned; and |
| (F) |
the name of the person who carried out the tests; and |
| (ii) |
in the case of seed— |
| (A) |
the physical purity, expressed as a percentage by mass and recorded in the manner specified in Part E of the form set out in Schedule H; |
| (B) |
the germination or viability expressed as percentage by number or where applicable, expressed as the number of normal seedlings per weight (kg), and recorded in the manner specified in Part F(1) or F(2), where applicable, of the form set out in Schedule H; |
[Regulation (12A)(1)(f)(ii)(B) substituted by Notice No. R. 770 of 4 August 2006]
| (C) |
the number of days in which germination was achieved; |
| (D) |
moisture content, expressed as a percentage by mass; and |
| (E) |
any remarks which the person who has performed the test, examination or analysis concerned, wishes to make in connection with the result concerned. |
| (2) |
Such owner or occupier shall keep a copy of each such report. |
[Regulation 12A substituted by Notice No. R. 2119 of 24 July 1992]
Public Service Commission Act, 1997
