The Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002

PART IV Registration of Suppliers

Registration of suppliers of forest reproductive material

16.—(1) No person shall market or import forest reproductive material if he does so acting in the course of a business or trade whether or not for profit unless his name appears in the Register of Suppliers of Forest Reproductive Material (“the Register of Suppliers”).

(2) Any person seeking entry of his name in the Register of Suppliers shall apply to the Commissioners in writing, paying the Commissioners' prescribed fee, if any, and providing the following—

(a) his name, address and contact details;

(b) the nature of his business or trade in the course of which he supplies forest reproductive material; and

(c) if different from the address provided under sub-paragraph (a), each address at which he produces, stores or markets forest reproductive material.

(3) The Commissioners shall enter in the Register of Suppliers the name of a supplier (a “registered supplier”) whose application has been submitted in accordance with paragraph (2), except that if they are satisfied that upon their doing so, a breach of these Regulations is likely to occur within a reasonable time after entry of the applicant’s name in the Register of Suppliers, or if they are not satisfied that the applicant is or intends to be a supplier or importer of forest reproductive material, they need not enter the applicant’s name in the Register of Suppliers, and shall instead provide the applicant, within 14 days of reaching such a decision, with written reasons for doing so.

(4) If the Commissioners are satisfied that a breach of these Regulations has occurred for which the registered supplier is responsible, they may—

(a) on giving 28 days' notice in writing specifying their reasons for doing so, remove a registered supplier’s name from the Register of Suppliers; or

(b) on giving 14 days' notice in writing specifying their reasons for doing so, impose conditions upon the supplier’s continuing registration.

(5) Where the Commissioners act under paragraph (4) to remove a supplier’s name from the Register of Suppliers or impose conditions on his registration in reliance wholly or partly on seed testing results obtained from an independent third party, they shall provide to the supplier when giving notice under paragraph (4) a copy of those results in documentary form.

(6) The Commissioners shall make the Register of Suppliers available for inspection by the public whether by electronic means or in paper form.