1921.] Summary of Seeds Regulations, 1921. 



2. Tests, ivhere and ivhen to be made. — Tests for the purpose of a declaiation 

 under tlie Ai-t, in the case of seeds other tlian garden seeds, must be made 

 eitlier at an Official Seed Testing Station or at a private station licensed by the 

 Ministry (S. 2. ( 1) ). (Under the Order sucli tests may l)e made by anyone and 

 at any place.) These tests must also be made within a period of twelve 

 months before the (bite of sale instead of, as under the Order, the date of the 

 test having to be declared if more than six months old. 



3. Injurious Weed Seeds. — Section 3 prohibits not only the sale but also 

 the sowiiiii^ of seeds containing more than a prescribed percentage of injurious 

 weed seeds. 



4. Administration of the Act: — 



(jt) Seedsman's right to know result of tests. — A copy of the certificate of 

 the results of tests carried out at the Official Seed Testing Station 

 on samples drawn officially for control purposes must be sent to 

 the owner of the seeds (S.4 (3)). 



(&) Alinistry's iwwer to require name of seedsman's supplier. — If the 

 results of a test of a control sample are unsatisfactory the Ministry 

 may require the owner of seeds from which the control sample 

 has been taken to furnish the name of the person from whom 

 the seeds were previously obtained (i.e., the wholesaler). In 

 such a case the person in question must be supplied with a 

 portion of the sample and a copy of the result of the Olhcial 

 test (S.4 (5)). 



5. Civil Proceedings. — If the purchaser of any seeds wishes to have a test 

 made for the purposes of civil proceedings a san.>ple must be taken within 

 10 dciys of delivery and divided into two parts, one part to be sent to the 

 Official Seed Testing Station for testing and the other part to the seller. 



6. l^ransactions exempted from the Act. — The Act does not apply to certain 

 transactions particulars of which are given in this Journal for October, 1920, 

 p. GOG. Under the Order the exemptions included only a sale of seeds as 

 grown " and a sale for delivery outside the United Kingdom. 



7. Application to Ireland and Scotland. — The Act applies to Ireland and 

 Scotland as well as to England and Wales, with the exceptions that the 

 internal seed trade of Ireland will continue to be regulated under the Weeds 

 and Agricultural Seeds Ireland) Act, 100*.), and that the Ivcgulations for 

 Scotland are to be issued by the Scottish Board. 



»S'm/.s' Regulations, 1921. 



1. Seeds c(mtrolled by the Act and not by the Order. — The following seeds 

 are scheduled under the Act but are not included nnder the Order : — 



Seed Potatoes. Sugar Beet. 



Field Peas. Flax seed and Linseed. 



,, Beans. ' Forest tree seeds. 



2. Tests.— In all cases (except in relation to Seed Potatoes) a statement 

 nmst be nuide that the seeds have been tested in accordance with the provisions 

 of the Seeds Act, 1920. 



3. Seed Potatoes. — The particulars to be given are similar to those reciuirrd 

 under the "Seed Potatoes Order, 1918," viz., a statement as to the class, 

 variety, size and dressing (see Summary of Seeds Regulations, 1!>21, above). 



4. Grass and Clover Seed. — The particulars to be given are similai- to those 

 required under the Order with the following additions : — 



