The Polish Potatoes (Notification) (Wales) Order 2004

Notification of imports

3.—(1) A person must not, in the course of business, import into Wales potatoes which that person knows to be or has reasonable cause to suspect to be Polish potatoes unless that person has given written notification to an inspector, at least two days prior to the intended date of introduction into Wales of the potatoes, of his or her intention to import the potatoes and of:

(a) the proposed time, date and means of introduction;

(b) the proposed point of entry into Wales;

(c) the intended use of the potatoes;

(d) in the case of seed potatoes or potatoes intended for processing, the proposed destination of the potatoes;

(e) the variety of the potatoes;

(f) the quantity of potatoes; and

(g) the producer’s identification number or the reference number of the lot.

(2) Any person who, after 30th April 2004 and before the coming into force of this Order, imported, in the course of business, Polish potatoes into Wales must , so far is as reasonably practicable and no later than 15 November 2004, give written notification to an inspector of—

(a) the date the potatoes were imported;

(b) the point of entry;

(c) the intended use of the potatoes;

(d) in the case of seed potatoes or potatoes intended for processing, the destination or proposed destination of the potatoes;

(e) the variety of the potatoes;

(f) the quantity of potatoes; and

(g) the producer’s identification number or the reference number of the lot.

(3) In this article, “processing” (“prosesu”) means any industrial treatment, including grading, sorting, washing and packing, whether for retail sale or not.