SCHEDULE 5

PART II

MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF A SEED LOT AND MINIMUM WEIGHT OF A SUBMITTED SAMPLE

The maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be as indicated below save that the maximum lot weights in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) below may be exceeded by not more than 5%:—

a

For the following kinds of seeds—

White lupin

Hungarian vetch

Field pea

Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)

Common vetch

Field bean

Yellow lupin

Hairy vetch

i

the maximum weight of a lot shall be 20 tonnes

ii

the minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be 1,000 g except that for white lupin, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), yellow lupin, field pea and field beanthe minimum weight shall be, for Breeder’s Seed, Pre-basic Seed and Basic Seed—3,000 g Certified Seed, Certified Seed 1st and 2nd Generations—2,000 g.

b

For all other kinds of seeds the maximum weight of a lot shall be 10 tonnes and the minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be as stated:—

Kinds of seeds

Minimum submitted sample weights (g)

Breeder's, Pre-basic and Basic Seed

All other Categories

Velvet bent

150

50

Red top

150

50

Creeping bent

150

50

Brown top

150

50

Tall oatgrass

300

200

Rescue grass

300

200

Alaska brome-grass

300

200

Cocksfoot

300

200

Fescues

300

200

Festulolium

200

200

Ryegrass

300

200

Timothy

200

100

Meadowgrasses

150

50

Birdsfoot trefoil

300

200

Trefoil

300

300

Lucerne

300

300

Sainfoin-fruit

600

600

Sainfoin-seed

400

400

Alsike clover

300

200

Red clover

300

300

White clover

300

200

Swede

300

200

Fodder Kale

300

200

Fodder radish

300

300

c

The maximum weight of a seed lot of a mixture of seeds to which regulation 5(2) applies shall be 10 tonnes, except that, where more than 50% of the mixture consists of kinds of seeds for which the maximum seed lot weight prescribed in seeds regulations is 20 tonnes or more, the maximum weight of a mixture shall be 20 tonnes.