4.       Establishment of seed-testing stations

            (1) The Minister as soon as may be shall, either alone or in conjunction with any person or body, establish and maintain one or more seed-testing stations.

            (2) Any person intending to have any sample of seeds tested at a seed-testing station shall deliver with the sample a statement in writing specifying the origin, kind, variety and quantity of the seeds and such other particulars as may be prescribed, and upon such delivery shall pay the prescribed fees.

5.       Appointment of seed-testers

            On the establishment of a seed-testing station, and from time to time thereafter as occasion may require, the Minister shall, by notice published in the Gazette, appoint one or more public officers to be official seed-testers.