R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016: GENERAL"

R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016: GENERAL, Seed Potatoes Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.6

Seed Potatoes Act
Loi sur les pommes de terre de semence

REGULATION 1016

Amended to S.O., 2006, c. 19, Sched. A, s. 51

GENERAL

Note: This Regulation became spent some time before January 1, 2004.

Note: This Regulation was revoked on June 22, 2006. See: S.O., 2006, c. 19, Sched. A, s. 51.

This Regulation is made in English only.

Grades

1. The grades of potatoes that may be planted in a seed potato restricted area are,

(a) Certified Seed grade; and

(b) Foundation Seed grade. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016, s. 1.

Field Standards for Grades

2. Where potatoes are grown in a field in which,

(a) aphids or other insects; or

(b) any other conditions,

likely to cause serious deterioration of the growing potatoes are present, the potatoes do not qualify for a grade under this Regulation. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016, s. 2.

3. Potatoes of Certified Seed grade are potatoes produced in a field where the percentage of plants infected with disease or of foreign varieties in Column 1 did not exceed,

(a) on first inspection, the tolerance percentage in Column 2; or

(b) on any subsequent inspection, the tolerance percentage in Column 3,

of the Table as follows:

TABLE

ITEM

COLUMN 1

COLUMN 2

COLUMN 3

Black-leg

Wilts

Any one virus disease

Total of all virus diseases

Total of all diseases

Foreign varieties

0.5

0.1

and not more than 5 per cent of the plants were missing on the first or any subsequent inspection, unless the grower has satisfied the inspector that the plants had not been rogued for disease. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016, s. 3.

4. Potatoes of Foundation Seed grade are potatoes grown,

(a) in a field planted in tuber units, where the percentage of plants infected with disease or of foreign varieties in Column 1 did not exceed,

(i) on the first inspection, the tolerance percentage in Column 2, or

(ii) on any subsequent inspection, the tolerance percentage in Column 3,

of the Table as follows:

TABLE

ITEM

COLUMN 1

COLUMN 2

COLUMN 3

Black-leg

Wilts

Any one virus disease

Total of all virus diseases

Total of all diseases

Foreign varieties

0.5

0.25

0.5

Nil

and not more than 3 per cent of the tuber units are missing in the field, unless the grower has satisfied the inspector that the plants had not been rogued for disease; or

(b) in a field not planted in tuber units, where the percentage of plants infected with disease or of foreign varieties in Column 1 did not exceed,

(i) on first inspection, the tolerance percentage in Column 2, or

(ii) on any subsequent inspection, the tolerance percentage in Column 3,

of the Table as follows:

TABLE

ITEM

COLUMN 1

COLUMN 2

COLUMN 3

Any one virus disease

Total of all virus diseases

Total of all diseases

Foreign varieties

0.25

0.5

0.1

0.25

Nil

and not more than 2 per cent of the plants are missing in the field, unless the grower has satisfied the inspector that the plants had not been rogued for disease. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016, s. 4.

Certificate of Grade

5. At the end of the season, every grower of any grade of seed potatoes under this Regulation is entitled to receive from the inspector a certificate of grade determined on field inspections in Form 1. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016, s. 5.

Duties of Inspectors

6. (1) An inspector shall,

(a) inspect all trucks or other vehicles used for moving potatoes in, into or out of a restricted area in his or her jurisdiction;

(b) if the inspector finds on inspection that a truck or other vehicle or container therein has not been adequately disinfected,

(i) inform the Director immediately, and

(ii) require such disinfection as is adequate and take such further action as is necessary to prevent seed potatoes from being contaminated by any disease;

(c) issue in Form 2 permits referred to in clause 8 (a) of the Act to move potatoes into a restricted area in his or her jurisdiction;

(d) in addition to the inspection required by section 12 of the Act make at least one subsequent inspection of every field of growing potatoes in his or her jurisdiction, found on first inspection to be in accordance with a grade under this Regulation;

(e) on inspection of potato fields in his or her jurisdiction, make a written report to the township and the Director,

(i) in Form 3, within one week, or

(ii) before the 1st day of November, showing the names and addresses of each grower, the lot and concession of the township, the acreage of potatoes grown and the grades thereof, and other conditions found in each field of the grower;

(f) on request, issue a certificate of grade to a grower; and

(g) enforce the Act and this Regulation.

(2) Where the growers in a restricted area form a committee of three from among their number, the inspector may confer with the committee from time to time with respect to matters within his or her jurisdiction, arising out of the operation of the Act. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016, s. 6.

Exemptions

7. The following classes of persons are exempted from the Act and this Regulation:

1. A person who grows not more than one acre of potatoes.

2. Persons comprising members of a household who grow in the aggregate not more than one acre of potatoes. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016, s. 7.

Grants

8. Where a township submits to the Minister on or before the 31st day of December in any year a statement, certified by its clerk, of the rate of pay and all money paid to an inspector during the year,

(a) as salary; and

(b) as an allowance for expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of his or her duties,

the Minister may make a grant for the purpose of reimbursing the township to the extent of 50 per cent of the money so paid or expended. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016, s. 8.

FORM 1

Seed Potatoes Act

CERTIFICATE OF GRADE DETERMINED ON FIELD INSPECTIONS

R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016, Form 1.

FORM 2

Seed Potatoes Act

PERMIT TO MOVE POTATOES INTO A RESTRICTED AREA

R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016, Form 2.

FORM 3

Seed Potatoes Act

INSPECTOR’S REPORT

R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1016, Form 3.