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PART III.
Certification of Seeds.
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Certified seed schemes.
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21.—(1) The Minister may prescribe a scheme for the certification of any particular class of seeds.
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(2) A scheme may—
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(a) prohibit the description of seeds as certified unless they have been certified in accordance with the scheme;
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(b) prohibit the sale of seeds unless they have been so certified;
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(c) prescribe the conditions and circumstances subject to which seeds may be certified;
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(d) provide for the sealing, marking and labelling of sacks and other containers of certified seeds;
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(e) prohibit the use or possession of marked sacks or other containers except in accordance with the scheme;
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(f) prescribe the description by which certified seeds are to be marketed, the mark to be applied to packages of certified seed and the manner in which it is to be applied.
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(3) A scheme may, if the Minister so thinks proper, make separate provision with respect to the description by which and the manner in which imported seeds may be sealed, marked, labelled or marketed.
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(4) No liability shall attach to the Minister in respect of the use of any seal, mark, label or certificate.
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(5) A person who contravenes any provision of a scheme shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
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