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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 64.01
IMPORTATION OF SEED POTATOES 
REGULATIONS
28th September, 1954
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 436 of 1954, as amended by Government
Notices 650 of 1955 and 550 of 1958. 
Title. 
Potatoes Regulations.
Period of 
importation of seed 
potatoes.
Amended by:
G.N. 550 of 1958.
2. Seed potatoes shall be imported into these Islands only
between the 1st day of November of each year and the 15th day of
the following March, both days included, and during that period no
potatoes for table use shall be imported into these Islands unless the
importation thereof is specially authorised in writing by the
Director of Agriculture. The aforesaid dates are referable to the
release of the goods by the Comptroller of Customs.
Consignment shall 
be accompanied by 
certificate.
3. Every consignment of imported seed potatoes shall be
accompanied by a certificate in the form contained in the Schedule
to these Regulations, signed by an officer of the Department of
Agriculture of the country of origin.
Imported seed 
potatoes to be 
packed in bags.
4. All seed potatoes imported into these Islands shall be
packed in bags of a capacity of one hundredweight, provided that in
special circumstances the Director of Agriculture may specially
permit the importation into these Islands of seed potatoes packed
otherwise.
Conformity with 
specifications.
5. Each bag used for the packing of seed potatoes imported
into these Islands shall conform to the following specifications:
( a ) it shall be a new bag of a size of not less than fifty-
seven point one five centimetres by one hundred and
one point six centimetres and made out of cloth raving,
a minimum weight of two hundred and eighty-three
point five grams for each area of eighty-one point two
centimetres by hundred and one point six centimetres;
( b ) it shall be distinctly marked "SEED POTATOES" in
block letters not less than five centimetres in height
and it shall likewise be marked distinctly with "the
name of the variety of the potatoes it contains and their
country of origin.
Bags to be sealed 
and labelled.
6. ( a ) Each bag shall be sealed and shall have attached to it a
printed label with the following declaration in the
English language:
"The seal on this bag indicates that the seed
potatoes contained in it are the produce of a
certified crop and that prior to shipment they
have been examined for quality and grading by
an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture of the
country of origin."
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( b ) The label aforesaid shall be attached to the bag in such
a manner as to show clearly that it was so attached
prior to the affixing of the seal.
( c ) Where, notwithstanding that the provisions contained
in the first two paragraphs of this regulation have been
complied with, it is found necessary to sort or repack
seed potatoes imported into these Islands, containers
shall be used that as far as practicable shall conform to
the requirements contained in regulations 4 and 5 of
these Regulations and each such container shall be
sealed by an Officer of the Department of Agriculture.
Inspection by the 
Department of 
Agriculture, on 
arrival of seed 
potatoes.
7. ( a ) On arrival in these Islands, every consignment of seed
potatoes, though packed in accordance with these
Regulations, accompanied by the aforesaid certificate
and sealed as aforesaid, may be inspected by an officer
of the Department of Agriculture in order that he may
ascertain whether the seed potatoes are in a sound
condition and fit for use as seed.
( b ) Should any part of a consignment of seed potatoes
imported into these Islands prove to be in an unsound
condition or otherwise unfit for use as seed, the
Director of Agriculture in his discretion may order the
seed potatoes in that consignment to be sorted at the
expense of the importer under the supervision of an
officer of the Department of Agriculture, with or
without disinfection of the potatoes as the Director of
Agriculture in his discretion may direct.
( c ) The Director of Agriculture in his discretion may order
that any consignment of seed potatoes imported into
these Islands or any part of any such consignment that
respectively is found to be in an unsound condition or
otherwise unfit for use as seed shall be destroyed or
shall be otherwise dealt with as he may deem
appropriate, in each case at the expense of the
importer.
( d ) The provisions contained in paragraphs ( b ) and ( c ) of
this regulation or any of them shall not apply if the
importer elects to re-ship the seed potatoes concerned
within a time to be determined in each case by the
Director of Agriculture.
Issue of 
phytopathological 
or commercial 
certificate.
S.L. 35.01
8.  The Director of Agriculture may on the application of any
person and on the payment of the fee prescribed under the Fees
Regulations, issue a phytopathological or commercial certificate in
respect of any parcel of seed potatoes imported into these Islands or
of any part of such a parcel.
Applicability. 9. These Regulations are in addition to any provisions of law
or other enactment that is or may be in force from time to time, and
in particular nothing in these Regulations shall affect any
regulations of a phytopathological character in force or which may
be enacted from time to time in virtue of any law.
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Importation by 
government.
10. Nothing in these Regulations shall be deemed to affect the
importation into these Islands of seed potatoes for use by the
Government.
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SCHEDULE
(Regulation 3)
Certificate of health, quality and origin of potatoes
This is to certify that the seed potatoes included in the
consignment described below:
l. were grown in the district of .............................................
country............................................;
2. are the produce of crops which were inspected during the
growing season by inspectors of the Department of Agriculture
................................. and found to be true to type and standard of
purity of not less than 97%;
3. were examined by an inspector of the Department of
Agriculture................................ and found to be generally healthy
and free from:
Synchytrium endobioticom Perc. (wart disease of potatoes)
Spongospora subterranea Walr. (powdery scab of potatoes)
Expitrex cucumeris  (potato flea beetle)
Doryphora decemlineata  (Colorado beetle)
and any other serious plant diseases and insect pests;
4. are packed in new sealed bags.
Particulars of consignment
Name of exporter ........................................................................
Address of exporter ....................................................................
Name of consignee......................................................................
Address of consignee ..................................................................
Variety .......................................................................................
Number of packages ...................................................................
Marks .........................................................................................
Port of shipment .........................................................................
Name of vessel............................................................................
Quantity .....................................................................................
Date of Inspection ......................................................................
SEAL MARK .................................. Signature ..........................
Senior Inspector
Department of Agriculture ...........................
