• Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976)
  • Notice No. 619 of 1976
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. Application of Act
  • 3. Designation of registrar
  • 4. [Repealed]
  • 5. [Repealed]
  • 6. Prohibition of conducting of business on unregistered premises
  • 7. Registration of premises in respect of business
  • 8. Term of registration
  • 9. Renewal of registration
  • 10. Exemption from registration
  • 11. Termination of registration
  • 12. Display, lapsing and return of certificate or registration
  • 13. Requirements relating to sale of plants and propagating material
  • 14. Savings regarding certain propagating material
  • 15. Varietal list
  • 15A. Registrar may enter into certain agreements for obtaining or rendering available of results of certain tests and trials
  • 16. Application for recognition of variety
  • 17. Requirements for recognition of variety
  • 18. Consideration and examination of applications
  • 19. Rejection of application
  • 20. Recognition of variety
  • 21. Alterations in and deletions from varietal list
  • 22. Evaluation of variety
  • 23. Establishment of certification schemes
  • 24. Provisions of scheme
  • 24A. Inspection for quality control
  • 25. Power to enter premises, carry out inspections, take samples and seize certain articles
  • 26. Importation of plants and propagating material
  • 27. Export of plants and propagating material
  • 27A. Distribution of plants or propagating material
  • 28. Certain provisions to apply in respect of State
  • 29. Discretionary power of registrar
  • 30. Preservation, inspection and proof of documents
  • 31. Secrecy
  • 32. Appeal against decision or action of registrar
  • 33. Publication or distribution of false or misleading advertisments
  • 34. Regulations
  • 35. Offences and penalties
  • 36. Presumptions and evidence
  • 37. Liability of employer or principal
  • 38. Limitation of liability
  • 39. Assignment of powers and duties by Minister
  • 40. [Repealed]
  • 41. [Repealed]
  • 42. Repeal of laws
  • 43. Short title and date of commencement
  • Schedule
    • Laws Repealed
• Regulations
  •  Establishments, Varieties, Plants and Propagating Material
    • Notice No. R. 1064 of 1980
    • 1. Definitions
    • Chapter I : Registration of establishments
      • 2. Application for registration
      • 3. Renewal of registration
      • 4. Return of certificate of registration
    • Chapter II : Requirements relating to establishments
      • 5. Requirements for nurseries
      • 6. Requirements for businesses where propagating material is cleansed
      • 7. Requirements for businesses where propagating material is prepacked
      • 8. Requirements for businesses where propagating material is sold
      • 8A. Requirements for test laboratories
    • Chapter III : Records to be kept at establishments
      • 9. Records at nurseries
      • 10. Records at businesses where propagating material is cleansed
      • 11. Records at businesses where propagating material is prepacked
      • 12. Records at businesses where propagating material is sold
      • 12A. Records at test laboratories
      • 13. Keeping of combined records
      • 14. Preservation of records
      • 15. Submission of returns
    • Chapter IV : Recognition of varieties
      • 16. Application for recognition of varieties
      • 17. Consideration and examination of applications
      • 18. Commencing date for tests and trials
      • 19. Recognition of varieties
      • 19A. Varieties included in the varietal list
      • 20. Alterations in, supplementation to or deletions from varietal list
      • 20A. Application for the alteration or supplementation of the denomination of a variety
    • Chapter V : Requirements relating to seed
      • 21. Maximum mass of lots of seed
      • 22. Requirements for seed which is not certified
      • 23. Requirements for seed mixtures
      • 24. Certification of propagating material of certain varieties required
      • 25. Requirements for prepacked seed
      • 26. Requirements for seed which is certified
      • 27. Maximum mass of prepacked seed
      • 28. [Repealed]
      • 29. Permissible tolerance with regard to the indication varieties required
    • Chapter VI : Requirements relating to plants and propagating material other than seed
      • 30. [Repealed] Maximum number of certified plants in lots
      • 31. Requirements for plants that are not certified
      • 31A. Requirements for potato tubers that are not certified
      • 32. Requirements for plants and propagating material which are certified
    • Chapter VII : Containers or propagating material
      • 33. Requirements for containers
      • 34. Sealing of containers of prepacked propagating material
    • Chapter VIII : Marking and labelling of plants and propagating material
      • 35. Marking and labelling of plants
      • 36. Marking and labelling of seed which is not certified
      • 36A. Marking and labelling of containers of potato tubers that are not certified
      • 37. Marking and labelling of seed mixtures
      • 38. Marking and labelling of prepacked seed
      • 39. Marking and labelling of seed that is certified
      • 39A. Marking and labelling of containers of potato tubers that are certified
      • 40. Limitation on indications
    • Chapter IX : Import and export of plants and propagating material
      • 41. Requirements for imported seed
      • 41A. Requirements for imported potato tubers
      • 41B. Requirements for imported strawberry plants
      • 42. Marking and labelling of imported seed
      • 42A. Marking and labelling of containers of imported potato tubers
      • 42B. Marking and labelling of containers of imported strawberry plants
      • 43. Ports of entry
      • 44. Declaration relating to plants and propagating material imported for immediate export or for purpose other than cultivation
      • 45. Examination and sampling of imported seed and seed intended for export
      • 45A. Application for certificate for export of seed
    • Chapter X : Inspection and sampling of seed
      • 46. [Repealed]
      • 47. Availability of seed for sampling
      • 48. Certificates in connection with sampling and analysis
    • Chapter XI : Inspection and sampling of plants and propagating material other than seed
      • 49. [Repealed]
      • 50. Availability of plants and propagating material for sampling
      • 51. Certificates in connection with sampling and analysis of plants and propagating material
    • Chapter XII : General
      • 52. Inspection and copies of documents
      • 53. Appeal against decision or action of registrar
      • 53A. [Repealed]
      • 54. Payment of fees
      • 55. Addresses for submission of documents
      • 56. Supply and completion of forms
      • 57. Offences and penalties
      • 58. Date of commencement
    • Schedules
      • Schedule D : Declaration relating to Plants and Propagating Material Submitted in respect of a Variety
      • Schedule G : Sampling Certificate in respect of Seed
      • Schedule H : Report of Test, Examination or Analysis of Seed
      • Schedule I : Sampling Certificate in respect of Plants and Propagating Material other than Seed
      • Schedule J : Report of the Test, Examination or Analysis of Plants and Propagating Material other than Seed
      • Schedule K : Application for a Copy of a Document
      • Schedule L: Declaration relating to Plants and Propagating Material imported for immediate Export or for Purposes other than Cultivation
    • Tables
      • Table 1 : Fees Payable from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026
      • Table 2 : Provisions relating to the Recognition of Varieties
      • Table 3 : Particulars relating to varieties to be published
      • Table 4 : Provisions relating to Seed and Seed Samples
      • Table 5 : Ports of Entry and Addresses for Submission of Declarations
      • Table 6 : Prohibited Weed Seed
      • Table 7 : Prohibited Insects
      • Table 8 : Varieties in respect of which Certification is required
• Notices
  • South African Seed Potato Certification Scheme
    • Notice No. 875 of 2021
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Name of Scheme
    • 3. Designation of authority
    • 4. Application of Scheme
    • 5. Requirements for acceptance as seed potato grower
    • 6. Requirements for units and in vitro multiplication facilities
    • 7. Separation requirements
    • 8. Regulated pests
    • 9. Establishment requirements
    • 10. Requirements with regard to source of potato micro-propagative material
    • 11. Requirements with regard to propagating material
    • 12. Requirements with regard to source of seed potatoes
    • 13. Registration of units
    • 14. Refusal of application for registration as a unit
    • 15. Terms of registration
    • 16. Transfer of registration
    • 17. Termination of registration
    • 18. Inspection of units
    • 19. Field sample
    • 20. Store sample
    • 21. Post-control sample
    • 22. Ad hoc sampling
    • 23. Harvesting and storage requirements
    • 24. Conditions for certification
    • 25. Containers
    • 26. Labelling of seed potatoes
    • 27. Removal of seed potatoes
    • 28. Presentation for certification
    • 29. Certification of seed potatoes
    • 30. Records and returns
    • 31. Withdrawal of certification
    • 32. Powers of inspections
    • 33. Discretionary powers of authority
    • 34. Appeals
    • 35. Payment of fees
    • 36. Addresses for submission of documents
    • Tables
      • Table 1 : Common host plants of Ralstonia spp. (bacterial wilt disease) other than Solanum tuberosum L.
      • Table 2 : Maximum percentage of deviating and pathogen infected plants permissible
      • Table 3 : Maximum percentage of virus infected plants permissible
      • Table 4 : Maximum percentage of virus infected seed potatoes  permissible
      • Table 5 :  Maximum percentage potato moth damage and pathogen infected seed potatoes permissible
      • Table 6 :  Maximum percentage non-pathogenic deviations permissible in seed potatoes
      • Table 7 : Maximum percentage Potato Tuber Necrotic Ringspot Diseases permissible in seed potatoes