The Seed Marketing (CMS Wheat Hybrids) (Temporary Experiment) (England) Regulations 2024
These Regulations apply in relation to seed produced in England under a temporary experiment. The purpose of the temporary experiment is to seek alternative requirements for the certification of CMS wheat hybrids (defined in regulation 2 of these Regulations) falling within the basic or certified category of seed within the meaning of regulation 5 of the Seed Marketing Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/463) (“the 2011 Regulations”), which are more suitable than the requirements currently specified in the 2011 Regulations. Certification is one of the requirements for the marketing of seed under regulation 8 of the 2011 Regulations. The experiment is to run for a period of 7 years beginning with 26th September 2024. Licences granted under regulation 3(3) of these Regulations exempt participants in the experiment from compliance with specified provisions of the 2011 Regulations. These provisions currently effectively prevent the certification of CMS wheat hybrids, as they specify conditions which such hybrids are unable to satisfy. Regulation 21A of the 2011 Regulations permits such experiments where the experiment is organised in accordance with regulations made under section 16(5) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14) (“the 1964 Act”).