Amendment of the principal Order
4. For article 17(2) of the principal Order (authorised persons) there shall be substituted–
“(2) The authority to issue passports conferred on a business, individual or other organisation listed in the official register shall be conferred pursuant to–
(a)a satisfactory inspection by an inspector of the place of production, any plant thereof or any other premises handing any plant, plant product or other object which may require a plant passport, as appropriate, for the purpose of ascertaining for the purposes of this Order the plant health status of such plants, plant products or other objects at the place of production, any part thereof or any other premises; or
(b)in the case of any plant, plant product or other object of a description specified in article 8(2)(a) which is intended to be moved within a protected zone, the satisfactory outcome of a survey carried out under article 8(1), showing that the plant, plant product or other object can reasonably be taken to be free from the plant pest in respect of which the zone was recognised.”.