[ S.L.117.05 CONTROL OF SALE OF SEED POTATOES SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 117.05 CONTROL OF SALE OF SEED POTATOES REGULATIONS * 25th November, 1955 GOVERNMENT NOTICE 649 of 1955, as amended by Legal Notices 9 and 53 of 1964, and 409 of
- The title of these regulations is Control of Sale of Seed Potatoes Regulations. Title.
- In requires - Interpretation. Amended by: L.N. 9 of
- these regulations, unless the context otherwise "Director" means the Director of Agriculture; "importer" means any person who receives seed potatoes from any place outside these Islands; "agent" means any person who buys seed potatoes from an importer on behalf of farmers or on behalf of persons who can show to the satisfaction of the Director that the seed potatoes would be used exclusively for sowing purposes; "seed potatoes" means potatoes imported into these Islands and conforming with the requirements of the Importation of Seed Potatoes Regulations; S.L. 64.01 "sell" includes any disposal of property or possession under any title whatsoever; "farmer" means a person registered with the Department of Agriculture.
- No importer shall sell seed potatoes except to a farmer and on presentation of the latter’s farmer’s registration card, and no greengrocer and no retailer shall have on his business premises any seed potatoes for any purpose whatsoever: Selling of seed potatoes. Substituted by: L.N. 53 of
- Provided that a farmer in dealing with an importer may act either personally or through an agent.
- Every importer shall, within three days from the date of receipt by him of seed potatoes from any place outside these Islands, send a return to the Director specifying - Return to the director. (a) the variety of potatoes received by him; (b) the quantity of each variety; (c) the name of the vessel whereby the potatoes were carried to these Islands. 5.
(1)Every importer shall, on making a sale of seed potatoes give the farmer or the agent an invoice specifying the variety or varieties sold, the relative price and the name, address and farmer’s *These Regulations have been repealed by Act XXXIV of 2023. Importer to give invoice. 1 2 [ S.L.117.05 CONTROL OF SALE OF SEED POTATOES registration card number of the farmer to whom the sale is made. He shall also within three days of the sale send a copy of the invoice to the Director.
(2)Where an invoice is handed over to an agent, it shall be the duty of the latter, on delivering the seed potatoes to the farmer on whose behalf they were acquired, to hand over also to the farmer the invoice relating to these potatoes. False or omitted particulars, etc. Amended by: L.N. 9 of 1964; L.N. 409 of
- Any importer who sells seed potatoes to any person who is not a farmer or who in a return or in any invoice or in a copy thereof wilfully or recklessly enters false particulars or omits to enter any part icular r equired by these Regulatio ns, or who otherwise fails to comply with the provisions of these Regulations and any agent who fails to comply with the provisions of regulation 5
(2)and any retailer who sells seed potatoes as ware potatoes shall be guilty of an offence under these Regulations and shall be liable to a fine (ammenda) of not less than forty-six euros and fifty-nine cents (46.59) but not exceeding two euros and ninety-four cents (232.94) for each contravention.