Section 15: Testing of seed
consolidated text (as at 2013). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
15. Testing of seed
(1) Any person who, having produced or acquired any seed which has
not been tested pursuant to this Part or under section 28, intends to sell the
seed for the purposes of cultivation, shall cause a sample of the seed to be
delivered to NPVSO for testing.
(2) On receipt of the sample referred to in subsection (1), NPVSO shall—
(a) refer the sample to a seed analyst who shall cause the sample to
be tested in such manner as NPVSO may determine; and
(b) furnish to the person who sought the test under subsection (1) a
test report, setting out the date on which the test was made,
the findings resultant from it, and such other particulars as
NPVSO may determine.
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(3) NPVSO shall charge the person who sought the test under subsection (1) such fee for the testing of the seed as may be prescribed.
(4) Sampling and testing of seed shall be conducted in accordance with
the ISTA Rules.
(S. 15 not in operation.)
PART VI – SEED INSPECTION