Plant Improvement Act, 2018 (Act No. 11 of 2018)RegulationsRegulations made in terms of the Plant Improvement Act, 2018Chapter III: Registration of Business and Premises23. Records and reports at test laboratories |
| (1) | The owner or person in control of a premises at which the business of a laboratory is conducted, must in respect of each sample of plant and propagating material handled there, compile a report which contains at least the following particulars: |
| (a) | the date on which the sample concerned was received; |
| (b) | the kind of plant and variety identity, if applicable, of the sample concerned as indicated by the person who submitted it; |
| (c) | the name and address of the person who submitted the sample concerned for testing, examination or analysis; |
| (d) | the reference numbers respectively allocated to the sample concerned by the person referred to in paragraph (c) and the owner or person in control of the premises concerned; |
| (e) | the respective dates on which the testing, examination or analysis of the sample has commenced and was completed; |
| (f) | the result of the testing, examination or analysis of the sample concerned, in which the following applicable particulars shall be indicated: |
| (i) | in the case of plants or plant material— |
| (aa) | the method used to carry out the test, examination or analysis on the sample concerned; |
| (bb) | the part of the plant, or type of plant material which was tested, examined or analysed; |
| (cc) | the type of organism tested, examined or analysed for; |
| (dd) | the pest found in or on the material; |
| (ee) | any remarks which the person who has performed the test, examination or analysis concerned, wishes to make in connection with the result concerned; and |
| (ff) | the name of the person who carried out the tests; and |
| (ii) | in the case of seed— |
| (aa) | the physical purity, expressed as a percentage by mass; |
| (bb) | the germination or viability expressed as percentage by number or where applicable, expressed as the number of normal seedlings per weight (kg); |
| (cc) | the number of days in which germination was achieved; |
| (dd) | moisture content, expressed as a percentage by mass, if determined; and |
| (ee) | any remarks which the person who has performed the test, examination or analysis concerned, wishes to make in connection with the result concerned. |
| (2) | Such owner or person in control must keep a copy of each such report. |
| (3) | The results obtained from the test, examination or analysis carried out at the laboratory in terms of section 42(2)(d) of the Act on a sample must be recorded in accordance with the records system of the laboratory. |