General provisions relating to plant passports
24.—(1) Any alteration or erasure in a plant passport shall automatically invalidate that plant passport unless the alteration or erasure is certified by the authorised officer or the plant trader authorised under article 29 to issue the plant passport placing the hand written initials of the authorised officer or the plant trader next to the alteration or erasure.
(2) A plant passport relating to any relevant material shall be treated as accompanying that relevant material only if the plant passport is affixed to–
(a)the relevant material,
(b)the packaging of that material, or
(c)the vehicle transporting that material,
by an authorised officer, the plant trader authorised to issue it or an inspector.
(3) A plant passport, insofar as it comprises an official label, shall be affixed in such a way that it cannot be re used.
(4) A person may only issue a replacement plant passport–
(a)to replace a plant passport issued in respect of a consignment–
(i)that has been divided up;
(ii)that has been combined, or part of which has been combined, with another consignment; or
(iii)whose plant health status has been changed; and
(b)if that person is satisfied that the relevant material to which the replacement plant passport will relate–
(i)can be identified; and
(ii)is free from any risk of infestation by a plant pest specified in either Schedule 1 or 2.