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The Cereal Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

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15.—(1) In these Regulations, in relation to barley, durum wheat, oats, rye, self-pollinating triticale, spelt wheat, and wheat, other than a hybrid in each case, “basic seed” means seed—

(a)that has been produced by or under the responsibility of the breeder according to accepted practices for the maintenance of the variety, and

(b)that is intended to be used for the production of—

(i)in the case of rye, CS seed;

(ii)except in the case of rye, C1 seed; or

(iii)except in the case of rye, C2 seed.

(2) In these Regulations, in relation to an open-pollinated variety of maize, “basic seed” means seed—

(a)that has been produced by or under the responsibility of the breeder according to accepted practices for the maintenance of the variety, and

(b)that is intended to be used—

(i)for the production of CS seed of the same variety, or

(ii)as a component in the production of CS seed of a top cross or intervarietal hybrid variety.

(3) In these Regulations, in relation to a component of a hybrid variety of barley, durum wheat, oats, rye, self pollinating triticale, spelt wheat or wheat, or an inbred line of maize, “basic seed” means seed that is intended to be used for the production of CS seed of a hybrid variety.

(4) In these Regulations, in relation to a simple hybrid that is a component of a hybrid variety of maize, “basic seed” means seed that is intended to be used for the production of CS seed of a double, triple-cross or top cross hybrid variety.

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