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Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976)

Regulations

Regulations relating to Establishments, Varieties, Plants and Propagating Material

Chapter VI : Requirements relating to plants and propagating material other than seed

32. Requirements for plants and propagating material which are certified

 

(1) Plants and propagating material other than seed, which have been certified, may be sold with an indication that they have been so certified, without an authority referred to in section 13 of the Act, if—
(a) such plants or propagating material comply with the requirements determined therefor in the relevant scheme and are labelled and sealed as required in such scheme; and
(b) the seller of such plants or propagating material is in possession of documentary evidence substantiating the fact that such plants or propagating material have been so certified.

 

(2) If the provisions of subregulation (1) cannot be complied with in respect of a lot of plants or propagating material which was certified in terms of a scheme, no reference whatsoever shall prior to, at or after the sale of such plants or propagating material be made to the fact that the aforesaid plants or propagating material were presented for certification or were thus certified.

 

(3) The provisions of regulation 29 shall mutatis mutandis apply in respect of plants and propagating material referred to in this regulation.