“container” includes a bag, barrel, case, tin or package or any other container in which seed is placed or packed; “grade name” means any mark, description or designation of a grade; “kind” means all related species and subspecies of any plant which are known by the same common name; “label” includes any legend, word, mark, symbol or design applied or attached to, included in, belonging to or accompanying any seed or package of seed; “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture or any other Minister to whom the President may, from time to time, assign the administration of this Act; “registered” means registered in terms of this Act; “registering officer” means the person appointed as registering officer in terms of section three; “seed” means any seed, including seed potatoes, which the Minister has, by statutory instrument, declared to be seed for the purposes of this Act; “seed analyst” means a person appointed a seed analyst in terms of section fourteen; “seed inspector” means a person appointed a seed inspector in terms of section fourteen; “sell” includes to offer, advertise, keep, expose, transmit, convey, deliver or prepare for sale or exchange or to dispose of for any consideration whatsoever or to transmit, convey or deliver in pursuance of a sale, exchange or disposal as aforesaid; “variety” means a subdivision of any kind which can be differentiated from other subdivisions of that kind by growth, plant, fruit or other characteristics and any uniform group which is a first generation hybrid (F1) reconstituted on each occasion by crossing two or more breeding stocks maintained by inbreeding. 3 Appointment of registering officer Subject to the law relating to the Public Service, the Minister shall appoint an officer in the Public Service to be styled the registering officer who shall be in charge of registering sellers of seed and seed testing laboratories. 4 Registration of sellers of seed and seed testing laboratories (1) Every application for registration as a seller of seed or as a seed testing laboratory shall be submitted to the registering officer in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by the prescribed registration fee. (2) On receipt of an application for registration and any further information he may require, the registering officer may register such seller or such laboratory in a register kept for the purpose. (3) Any registration under this section may be made subject to such conditions as may be fixed by the registering officer and shall be valid for such period as may be prescribed. (4) A registration certificate in the prescribed form shall be prominently displayed on the premises of a registered seller of seed or seed testing laboratory, as the case may be. 5 Cancellation of registration If the registering officer is satisfied that any conditions subject to which a seller of seed or seed testing laboratory was registered have not been complied with, the registering officer may cancel such registration. 6 Reasons to be given by registering officer The registering officer shall, on written application being made within the prescribed period, supply in writing within the prescribed period reasons for his decision in every case where— (a) an application for registration has been rejected; or (b) a registration has been cancelled in terms of section five; or