Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976)NoticesSouth African Seed Potato Certification Scheme29. Certification of seed potatoes |
| (1) | A grower must notify the authority at least two days in advance of the date on which the seed potatoes will be ready to be presented for certification. |
| (2) | The authority must on or as soon as possible after the date on which the seed potatoes will be ready to be presented for certification as contemplated in subsection (1)— |
| (a) | inspect the seed potatoes concerned in order to determine whether it may be certified; and |
| (b) | draw a representative post-control sample of the seed potatoes concerned. |
| (3) | The certification of the seed potatoes shall be confirmed by an inspection report in the form determined by the authority. |
| (4) | The label referred to in section 26(1) to (7) shall be proof of the certification of the seed potatoes in that container and must be of a type that cannot be removed or re-used without being damaged. |
| (5) | If the authority is satisfied that all provisions of this Scheme with regard to the seed potatoes concerned have been complied with, the authority shall certify those seed potatoes. |
| (6) | The authority may, upon written request of the grower, in exceptional circumstances, approve G1 to Certified Commercial seed potatoes as "not finally certified" before the virus results are known, provided that should the virus content exceed the permissible tolerance for the certified generation, the approval as "not finally certified" will lapse and the final certification will be awarded, in which case the certification labels will be replaced or removed. |
| (7) | The authority may, at the request of the grower, downgrade the seed potatoes in generation and class. |