The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019

Article 5 (advance notification of landing)

4.  In article 5(1) for paragraphs (1) and (2) substitute—

“(1) Subject to article 27(3), the landing in Northern Ireland by any person of relevant material to which paragraph (2) applies is prohibited unless notice is given to the Department in accordance with this article”.

“(2) The prohibition on landing relevant material in paragraph (1) applies to the landing in Northern Ireland, where Northern Ireland is the point of entry of the material into the European Union, of the following relevant material—

(a) any relevant material specified in Part A of Schedule 5;

(b) any relevant material specified in Part B of Schedule 5 and which is—

(i) listed in column 2 of Part C of Schedule 4;

(ii) listed in the second column of Annex II Part B of the Directive and in the course of its consignment to a protected zone that is recognised as a protected zone for the tree pest listed in the first column of that Annex opposite the reference to the relevant material; or

(iii) listed in the first column of Annex IV Part B of the Directive and in the course of its consignment to a protected zone that is recognised as a protected zone for the tree pest specified in the second column of that Annex opposite the reference to the relevant material; or

(c) any solid fuel wood to which sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply and whose final destination is in Northern Ireland.”.

(1)

Article 5(2)(b) was amended by S.R. 2015 No.129