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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

26. Requirements for seed which is certified

 

(1) Seed which has been certified may, without an authority referred to in section 13 of the Act, be sold with an indication that it has been thus certified if—
(a) such seed complies with the requirements for such seed in the scheme concerned; and
(b) the seller of such seed is in possession of documentary evidence substantiating the fact that such seed has been thus certified.

 

(2) If the provisions of subregulation (1) cannot be complied with in respect of seed which was certified, such seed shall only be sold without an authority referred to in section 13 of the Act if—
(a) it complies with the applicable provisions referred to in regulation 22 or 25, as the case may be; and
(b) prior to, at or after the sale of such seed no reference whatsoever is made of the fact that it was presented for certification or was thus certified