Seeds (Amendment) Regulations, 1951
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1951/1005 |
| Year | 1951 |
1951 No. 1005
SEEDS, ENGLAND
The Seeds (Amendment) Regulations, 19512ndJune 1951
6thJune 1951
1stAugust 1951
In exercise of his powers under Section 7 (1) of the Seeds Act, 1920(a), and after consultation with representatives of the interests concerned (and as respects forest tree seeds, after consultation with the Forestry Commissioners), the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby makes the following regulations:—
1. These Regulations, which may be cited as the Seeds (Amendment) Regulations, 1951, shall come into operation on the first day of August, 1951.
2. Regulation 7 of the Seeds Regulations, 1922(b), is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted therefor:—
7.—(1) "Pure seed" means, with the exception of seeds or pieces of seeds of legumes and crucifers from which the seed coat is entirely removed, whole seeds of the kind of which the parcel purports to consist, including any such seeds which are sprouted, shrivelled, cracked, insect-damaged, diseased, or otherwise injured, and pieces of such seeds larger than one half of the original size of the whole seed:
Provided that when applied to those species, varieties, stocks or strains of plants the seeds of which cannot be distinguished from one another by expert macroscopic examination, the use of the term "pure seed" does not imply that the seed is genuine or true to name.
(b) S.R. & O. 1922 (No. 915) p. 959.
(2) "Impurities" means all other seeds or matter, and includes:
(a) all whole seeds of crop plants or useful species, (not being seeds of the kind of which the parcel purports to consist), including any such seeds which are sprouted, shrivelled, cracked, insect-damaged, diseased, or otherwise injured, and pieces of such seeds larger than one half of the original size of the whole seed;
(b) weed seeds, being seeds or bulbils or pieces thereof of plants commonly regarded as weeds, or at any time prescribed or specified as injurious weeds by or under any enactment; and
(c) inert matter, being seedlike structures from both crop and weed plants, and other matter as follows:—
(i) Seedlike structures from crop plants
All pieces of seeds not exceeding one half of the original size of the whole seed, including similarly sized pieces of broken, sprouted, shrivelled, cracked, insect-damaged, diseased, or otherwise injured seeds; seeds or pieces of seeds of legumes and crucifers with the seed coats entirely removed; single glumes, single...
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