The Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005

Prevention of the spread of tree pestsE+W+S

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19.—(1) No person shall [F1, in a relevant territory,] knowingly keep, store, sell, plant, move or otherwise dispose of or knowingly cause or permit to be kept, stored, sold, planted, moved or otherwise disposed of—

(a)any tree pest of a description specified in Schedule 1;

[F2(aa)any tree pest of the description specified in column 1 of Schedule 1A unless it is kept, stored, sold, moved or disposed of in an area in England which is not in the protected zone specified in column 2 of that Schedule;]

(b)any relevant material of a description specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 carrying or infected with a tree pest of a description specified in column 3 of that Schedule in relation to that relevant material;

(c)any tree pest which, although not specified in Schedule 1 [F3or 1A] or in column 3 of Schedule 2, is not normally present in Great Britain and which is likely to be injurious to trees in Great Britain; or

(d)any relevant material landed in contravention of article 5(1)(d), (e) or (f) or article 18(1)(d) (e), (f) or (g).

(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prohibit the keeping, storing, moving or otherwise disposing of any tree pest or relevant material referred to in that paragraph in compliance with any requirement imposed by an inspector under Part 6 in respect of that tree pest or relevant material.

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