The Marketing of Horticultural Produce (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 No. 324

Amendment of the Marketing of Horticultural Produce (Scotland) Regulations 2009

10.  After regulation 15 insert—

“Provision of information – trader database

15A.— (1) A trader must provide to the Scottish Ministers such information as Ministers consider necessary to set up and update the database established for the purpose of Article 10 of Commission Implementing Regulation 543/2011.

(2) A person is guilty of an offence if he or she fails to provide any information required by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with paragraph (1).

Provision of information – conformity checks

15B.— (1) A trader must provide to an authorised officer such information as that officer considers necessary—

(a) for organising and carrying out a conformity check in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Implementing Regulation 543/2011; or

(b) for the purposes of Article 17 of Commission Implementing Regulation 543/2011.

(2) A person is guilty of an offence if he or she fails to provide any information required by an authorised officer in accordance with paragraph (1).”.