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21.—(1) Where a person moves relevant material of a description specified in Part B of Schedule 6 through Northern Ireland to a destination outside Northern Ireland, he shall not be required to produce a plant passport which is valid for Northern Ireland as a protected zone, if paragraph (2) or (3) applies.
(2) A plant passport shall not be required in respect of relevant material described in paragraph (1) if that material originates in Northern Ireland.
(3) A plant passport shall not be required in respect of relevant material described in paragraph (1)—
(a)which during transit through Northern Ireland is accompanied by a document of a type normally used for trade purposes which certifies that the material originates outside Northern Ireland and is in transit to a final destination outside Northern Ireland; and
(b)whose packaging and any vehicle used in connection with whose transit through Northern Ireland is—
(i)free from soil and plant debris;
(ii)free from any relevant pest in relation to which Northern Ireland is a protected zone;
(iii)of such a nature or construction as to ensure that, if any relevant pest is present in the relevant material, there is no risk of its spreading from the packaging or the vehicle as the case may be; and
(iv)sealed immediately after packaging or where appropriate after loading, and remains sealed during transit through Northern Ireland.
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