Seed Act.

An Act to provide for the minimum standards to regulate and control the production, processing, sale, importation, exportation and testing and further to provide for the certification of seed and for other matters incidental to or connected therewith.
This Act provides for the control of the quality of seeds, the recognition of plant varieties, the registration of sellers of seeds, the declaration of prescribed seeds by the Minister, the regulation of importation, exportation and placing on the market of seeds, the certification of seed and the establishment of a Seed Services Fund. The Act also prescribes offences.
“Seeds” includes seed intended for planting and other propagating material. The Act provides for the appointment of a Controller of Seeds who shall be responsible for the administration of this Act and shall keep the Variety List. Only varieties that have been approved by the Controller of Seeds and included in the Variety List shall be placed on the market. The Act specifies the conditions for the recognition and denomination of a variety. The Minister may establish or designate seed laboratories for purposes of this Act. The Controller of Seeds shall keep registers of official seed analysts and seed testing laboratories. The Act also provides for the appointment of seed inspectors and the registration of sellers of seeds. The Minister may declare a seed to be a Quality Declared Seed and shall specify for each kind of such seed minimum standards.