The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Prohibition on removal of relevant material from an area of plant health control

10.—(1) Subject to Articles 11 and 30(3), a person shall not remove or cause to be removed from an area of plant health control any relevant material referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of Article 6(2) unless an inspector has discharged that relevant material or the removal of that relevant material is permitted under Part 6.

(2) An area of plant health control is—

(a) the point of entry specified in paragraph (3) where relevant material is landed in Northern Ireland for the first time;

(b) a place close to the point of entry specified in paragraph (3) which has been designated as an area of plant health control by the Department and by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs; or

(c) an approved place of inspection.

(3) The point of entry, for the purposes of paragraph (2), shall be—

(a) where the relevant material is transported by air, the airport;

(b) where the relevant material is transported by maritime or fluvial transport, the port; and

(c) where the relevant material is transported by rail, the rail freight terminal.

(4) Pending its removal from an area of plant health control, other than at an approved place of inspection, the importer of relevant material shall store it under the supervision of an inspector under such conditions as the inspector may direct and the importer shall be liable for the costs of such storage.