The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Title, extent and commencement

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Prohibitions and restrictions on landing in Great Britain of tree pests and relevant material

5. 4. Prohibitions and restrictions on introduction into protected zones of tree pests and relevant material

6. 5. Prevention of the spread of tree pests within Great Britain

7. 6. Prevention of the spread of tree pests within protected zones

8. 7. Restrictions on consignments to other Member States

9. 8. Requirements for plant passports

10. 9. Requirements for certificates

11. 10. Exceptions from the requirements for certificates

12. 11. Official statements

13. 12. General provisions relating to certificates

14. 13. Period during which inspections are to be made and certificates issued

15. 14. Register of forestry traders

16. 15. Registration procedure

17. 16. Conditions for registration

18. 17. Authority to issue plant passports

19. 18. General provisions relating to plant passports

20. 19. Notification of the presence or suspected presence of certain tree pests

21. 20. Notification of the likely entry into, or presence in, a free zone of tree pests or relevant material

22. 21. Actions which may be required by an inspector

23. 22. Actions which may be taken by an inspector

24. 23. Miscellaneous provisions as to notices

25. 24. Examination, sampling and marking

26. 25. Information as to compliance with notices

27. 26. Failure to comply with a notice

28. 27. Power to enter premises used wholly or mainly as a dwelling

29. 28. Licences

30. 29. Powers of an officer of Customs and Excise

31. 30. Information to be given

32. 31. Offences

33. 32. The Customs Act

34. 33. Revocation and saving

35. Signature

36. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       TREE PESTS WHOSE LANDING IN AND SPREAD WITHIN GREAT BRITAIN IS PROHIBITED

       1. 1. Insects, mites and nematodes

       2. 2. Arrhenodes minutus (Drury), the Oak Timber worm

       3. 3. Choristoneura spp. (non-European), for example, the Western Spruce Budworm

       4. 4. Monochamus spp. (non-European), Sawyer Beetles

       5. 5. Pseudopityophthorus minutissimus (Zimmermann), the Oak Bark Beetle

       6. 6. Pseudopityophthorus pruinosus (Eichhoff), the Oak Bark Beetle

       7. 7. Scaphoideus luteolus (Van Duzee), the White-banded Elm Leaf Hopper

       8. 8. Xiphinema americanum Cobb sensu lato (non-European populations)

       9. 9. Xiphinema californicum Lamberti et Bleve-Zacheo

       10. 1. Fungi

       11. 2. Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli Dietel, the cause of Spruce Witches Broom Rust...

       12. 3. Cronartium spp. (non-European), a cause of Conifer Rust

       13. 4. Endocronartium spp. (non-European), a cause of Conifer Rust

       14. 5. Guignardia laricina (Saw.) Yamamoto et Ito, the cause of Shoot...

       15. 6. Inonotus weirii (Murrill) Kotlaba et Pouzar, the cause of Poria...

       16. 7. Melampsora farlowii (Arthur) Davis, the cause of Hemlock Rust

       17. 8. Melampsora medusae Thümen, the cause of Poplar Rust

       18. 9. Mycosphaerella larici-leptolepis Ito et al, the cause of Needle Cast...

       19. 10. Mycosphaerella populorum G E Thompson, a cause of Poplar Canker...

       20. Viruses and virus-like organisms

       21. Parasitic plants

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       PROHIBITIONS ON THE LANDING AND MOVEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN OF INFESTED RELEVANT MATERIAL

       1. PART A RELEVANT MATERIAL, CARRYING OR INFESTED WITH TREE PESTS, WHOSE LANDING IN AND MOVEMENT WITHIN GREAT BRITAIN IS PROHIBITED

       2. PART B RELEVANT MATERIAL, CARRYING OR INFESTED WITH TREE PESTS, WHOSE INTRODUCTION INTO AND MOVEMENT WITHIN A PROTECTED ZONE IN GREAT BRITAIN IS PROHIBITED

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       RELEVANT MATERIAL, ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES, WHOSE LANDING IN GREAT BRITAIN IS PROHIBITED

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       RESTRICTIONS ON THE LANDING AND MOVEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN OF RELEVANT MATERIAL

       1. PART A RELEVANT MATERIAL, CONSIGNED DIRECTLY FROM THIRD COUNTRIES, WHOSE LANDING IN GREAT BRITAIN IS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS

       2. PART B RELEVANT MATERIAL, CONSIGNED DIRECTLY FROM A MEMBER STATE, WHOSE LANDING AND MOVEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN IS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS

       3. PART C RELEVANT MATERIAL, CONSIGNED DIRECTLY FROM A MEMBER STATE, WHOSE INTRODUCTION INTO AND MOVEMENT WITHIN THE DENDROCTONUS MICANS PROTECTED ZONE IS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       RESTRICTIONS ON CONSIGNMENTS OF RELEVANT MATERIAL TO MEMBER STATES

       1. PART A RELEVANT MATERIAL WHOSE CONSIGNMENT TO A MEMBER STATE IS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS

       2. PART B RELEVANT MATERIAL WHOSE CONSIGNMENT TO A PROTECTED ZONE OUTSIDE GREAT BRITAIN IS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       DESCRIPTION OF THE DENDROCTONUS MICANS PROTECTED ZONE

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       MEANING OF “DIRECTIVE 77/93/EEC” INSTRUMENTS AMENDING COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 77/93/EEC

    8. SCHEDULE 8

       1. PART A REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANT PASSPORTS

          1. 1. A plant passport shall comprise either an official label or...

          2. 2. (1) An official label shall not have been previously used...

          3. 3. (1) The information contained in a plant passport shall be—...

          4. 4. Where a plant passport comprises only an official label, it...

          5. 5. Where the plant passport comprises an official label and an...

          6. 6. The information referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 above...

    9. SCHEDULE 9

       FORM OF PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE AND REFORWARDING PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE

       1. PART A FORM OF PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE

       2. PART B FORM OF REFORWARDING PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE

    10. SCHEDULE 10

        REVOCATION OF ORDERS

37. Explanatory Note