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Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976)

Regulations

Regulations relating to Establishments, Varieties, Plants and Propagating Material

Chapter V : Requirements relating to seed

23. Requirements for seed mixtures

 

Seed which is a mixture of seed of different kinds of plants or of varieties of such kinds, which are not certified, may be sold without an authority referred to in section 13 of the Act if—

(a) in the case of a mixture of seed of the kinds of plants specified in column 1 of Table 4 of which the contents of seed of Chloris gayana Kunth, Digitaria smutsii Stent, Paspatum dilatatum Poir and Setaria sphacelata (Schumach) Stapf. & C. E. Hubb separately or jointly are 70 per cent or more, the percentages of other matter and other seed in such mixture do not exceed 40 per cent and 0,3 per cent, respectively;

[Regulation 23(a) substituted by  Notice No. R. 1207 of 1 December 2000]

(b) in the case of a mixture other than that referred to in paragraph (a), the percentages of other matter and other seed in such mixture do not exceed 10 per cent and 0,3 per cent, respectively;
(c) the percentage germination or viability, where applicable, of each of the kinds or varieties of seed present in such mixture is equal to or more than that specified in column 6 or 7 of the said Table opposite the name of the kind concerned;

[Regulation 23(c) substituted by Notice No. R. 174 of 10 February 1995]

(d) the seed of each of the varieties present in such mixture is true to variety;
(e) no prohibited weed seed is present in such mixture; and
(f) such mixture is homogenous.