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Plant Variety and Seeds Regulations (Cap. 236).

Country/Territory
Zambia
Document type
Regulation
Date
1988 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Zambia, Revised Edition 2006, Chapter 236.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant production Plant variety Planting material/seeds Inspection Certification Authorization/permit Packaging/labelling Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

These Regulations implement provisions of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act. The seeds set out in the First Schedule shall be prescribed seed for the purposes of the Act. The Seed Control and Certification Institute of Zambia established under section seventeen is an official seed-testing station. No seed shall be offered for sale unless it has been certified or it has had its quality declared under regulation 7. No seed shall be certified unless it has been produced inspected, sampled, tested and complies with the standards set out in the Fourth Schedule (reg. 7). An application for registration as a seed grower shall be made in Form I as set out in the Seventh Schedule (reg. 8). No person shall process seeds without a licence to process seed in Form 5 of the Seventh Schedule issued by the Certifying Authority (reg. 10).

Full text
English
Website
www.grain.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Plant Variety and Seeds Act (Cap. 236).

Legislation | Zambia | 1968 (2006)

Keyword: Plant production, Plant variety, Planting material/seeds, Inspection, Certification, Institution, Registration, Offences/penalties, Basic legislation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX