The Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002

Collection of forest reproductive material

11.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), any person proposing to collect, or cause to be collected, forest reproductive material for the purpose of marketing or for use in the production of forest reproductive material which is to be marketed shall notify the Commissioners in writing at least 14 days before the proposed collection, providing the following particulars and documentation—

(a) his name, address and contact details;

(b) the place of collection;

(c) the unique register reference or references allocated to the approved basic material from which the forest reproductive material is to be collected, or, in the case of forest reproductive material of the category “source-identified”, the region of provenance; and

(d) the proposed date, time and anticipated duration of the collection;

and shall afford the Commissioners or persons acting on the Commissioners' behalf such reasonable facilities as they may require to observe the collection so notified.

(2) Regulation 27(2) and (3) shall apply when the Commissioners or other persons on their behalf attend to observe a collection as provided for in paragraph (1) as if the attendance were an inspection carried out under regulation 27(1).

(3) This regulation shall not apply to the extraction of seed from cones or fruits.