
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 27th July 1987.
2 
The Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1985 shall be amended as follows–
(a) in paragraph (3)(a) of regulation 5 (marketing of seeds) for the words “in Schedule 4,” there shall be substituted the words “in Schedule 4 or Schedule 5,”;
(b) in regulation 9(5) (labelling of packages) the words “of at least the minimum size and” shall be omitted;
(c) in Part II of Schedule 4 (requirements for basic seed, certified seed and standard seed), in paragraph 2(a), in the fourth column of the table for the entry “70” in relation to Calabrese and Sprouting broccoli there shall be substituted the entry “75”; and
(d) in Schedule 5 (sampling of seed lots)–
(i) in Part I, in paragraph 9 after the words “an automatic sampling device” there shall be inserted the words “approved by the Minister”, and
(ii) in Part II, for the words “The maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be as indicated below:–” there shall be substituted the following words–“The maximum weight of a seed lot shall be as indicated below (or a weight which does not exceed that indicated below by more than 5%) and the minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be as indicated below:–”.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 22nd June 1987.
John MacGregor
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sanderson of Bowden
Minister of State, Scottish Office
24th June 1987Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
24th June 1987