Section 29: Trade of seed

29. Trade of seed (1) No person shall trade the seed of any variety of any kind of plant unless— (a) that variety is a listed variety; (b) the seed is sold under the variety name entered in the National Variety List; (c) a qualifying term or reference is added to or used in connection with the variety name referred to in paragraph (b); (d) the seed has been tested under section 15 or is considered to have been tested under section 27, and found to comply with such standards of germination, varietal and physical purity and seed health, and such other requirements as NPVSO may determine; and (e) in the case of— (i) individual plants, such information as NPVSO may determine appears on a label affixed to the plant or on the container in which the plant grows or is packed; (ii) seed, other than a plant, which is to be sold in sealed containers, the containers comply with such requirements as NPVSO may determine, and such information as NPVSO may determine is printed or stamped on each such container or on a label attached or enclosed in such a way as to be legible without opening the container; or (iii) seed, which is to be sold in bulk quantities and does not include seed which is packed and sold in sealed containers, a statement in writing in such form and containing such information as NPVSO may determine, is furnished to the buyer at the time of sale. (2) Where any sample of seed entered in the National Variety List is tested and is found not to conform to the standards for such seed, NPVSO may dispose the seed in such manner as it may determine. S8A – 17 [Issue 10] Seeds Act (3) NPVSO may, on good cause shown in writing and subject to the approval of the Seeds Committee, exempt, in writing, any person from compliance with the requirements referred to in subsection (1), subject to such conditions as it may determine. (S. 29 not in operation.) PART IX – MISCELLANEOUS