10.
Tuber control
11.
Control growing
12.
Labelling and storing of potato seed
13.
Validity of certification
14.
Appeals
15.
Fees
SECTIONS 35 AND 84-PLANT VARIETY (POTATO Statutory
SEED)
Instrument.
REGULATIONS
133 of 1984
Act
No.
Regulations by the Minster
13 of 1994
21 of 1995
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Variety (Potato Seed)
Regulations.
Title
2. (1) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires-
Interpretation
"control growing" means a test where growing potato plants are
examined to determine cultivar purity and/or virus infection;
"cultivar" means a subdivision of any species which can be
distinguished from other subdivisions of that species by means of
growth, plant, fruit or other characteristics;
"defect index" means a figure giving the status of a growing crop, a
control growing plot or a potato seed lot taking into consideration both
frequency and severity of the defects;
"isolation" means a required distance between two crops of the same
species in order to prevent contamination either mechanically or by
pollination;
"off-type" means a plant which does not show the recognised and
acceptable habits and characteristics of the cultivar being grown; and
"seed class" means a step in seed multiplication system well defined in
respect of another seed, standard of cultivation and seed quality.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires words and expressions not
defined in these Regulations but defined in the Plant Variety and Seeds
Regulations, shall, in these Regulations, have the meaning assigned
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