Section 1, Sierra Leone Seed Certification Agency Regulations, 2018.

In these Regulations unless the context otherwiserequires - "Act" means the Sierra Leone Seed Certification Act, 2018 (Act No. 5 of 2018); "controlled growing'' means the growing of plants to determine the cultivar purity, disease infection and other factors; "Controller of Seeds" means the Minister responsible for agriculture; "cultivar" means a subdivision of any species of seed which can be distinguished from other subdivisions of that species by means of growth, plant, fruit or other characteristics; Interpretation Short tittle 2 3 "cultivar purity" means the percentage by number of seeds or plants found to be true-to-type under laboratory, field or control growing examination; "defect test" means a test carried out to determine the percentage by weight of broken, chipped, diseased or shriveled seeds; "hybrid" means a plant which grows from seed produced as a result of controlled crossing between two or more genetically unlike parents; "isolation" means the required distance in space or time between two crops of the same species or between two crops of too closely related species to prevent contamination either mechanically or by pollination; "International Seed Testing Association'' means the association of laboratories which are authorised to check on the marketability of seed as defined in laws of the trading partner countries of the World Trade Organisation; "quality declaration " means seed produced from commercial seed or higher class; "release" means the official authorisation for the multiplication of a new variety; "seed lot" means a specified quantity of seed, which is homogenous and physically identifiable; "stability" means occurrence of essential characteristics in avariety after repeated reproduction; "value for cultivation and use" means agricultural and produce value of a variety; "variety list" means an official list of varieties approved by the Variety Release and Registration Committee for certification purposes.