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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

25. Requirements for prepacked seed

 

Subject to the provisions of regulation 24, prepacked seed of a kind of plant specified in column 1 of Table 4, may be sold without an authority referred to in section 13 of the Act, if—

[Words preceding Regulation 25(a) substituted by Notice No. R. 86 of 22 January 1988]

(a) the percentage of other matter, other seed and weed seed in such seed—
(i) in the case of coated and uncoated seed, do not exceed the percentages specified in columns 3, 4 and 5 of the said Table opposite the name of the kind concerned, respectively;
(ii) in the case of a mixture, are as indicated in regulation 23(a) or (b), as the case may be;

[Regulation 25(a) substituted by Notice No. R. 174 of 10 February 1995]

(b) the percentage germination or viability; or number of normal seedlings per weight (kg), where applicable, of such seed, or in the case of a mixture, of each of the kinds or varieties present therein, is equal to or more than that specified in column 6, 7 or 8, where applicable, of the said Table opposite the name of the kind concerned;

[Regulation 25(b) substituted by Notice No. R. 770 of 4 August 2006]

(c) such seed, or in the case of a mixture, the seed of each of the varieties present therein, is true to variety;
(d) no prohibited weed seed is present in such seed; and
(e) such seed is homogenous.

 

 


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