The Plant Health (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

34.  After article 20 insert—

“Requirements for UK plant passports: England

20A.— (1) No person may move any of the following relevant material into or within England unless it is accompanied by a UK plant passport—

(a) any relevant material of a description specified in the list of controlled material which originates in the United Kingdom;

(b) any relevant material that has been discharged under article 12 and is of a description specified in the list of controlled material.

(2) No person may move any of the following relevant material into or within a pest free area unless it is accompanied by a UK plant passport which is valid for that pest free area or the UK pest free area of which it is a part—

(a) any relevant material of a description, specified in the list of pest free area controlled material in respect of the relevant UK pest free area, which originates in the United Kingdom;

(b) any relevant material that has been discharged under article 12 and is of a description specified in the list of pest free area controlled material in respect of the relevant UK pest free area.

(3) No person may consign from England to another UK territory any of the following relevant material originating in England unless it is accompanied by a UK plant passport—

(a) in the case of relevant material destined for Northern Ireland or Wales, any relevant material of a description specified in the list of controlled material;

(b) in the case of relevant material destined for a place in Northern Ireland or Wales which is within in a UK pest free area, any relevant material of a description, specified in the list of pest free area controlled material in respect of that UK pest free area;

(c) in the case of relevant material destined for Scotland, any relevant material of a description specified in Part A of Schedule 6 to the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005;

(d) in the case of relevant material destined for a place in Scotland which is within in a UK pest free area, any relevant material of a description specified in Part B of Schedule 6 to the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 in respect of that UK pest free area.

(4) In the case of any relevant material originating in a place of production in England, a UK plant passport may only be issued in respect of that material if the material has been subjected to a satisfactory inspection at the place of production.

(5) The requirements in paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(b) do not apply to any notified EU material moving from its point of entry to its first destination in the United Kingdom if it is accompanied by a copy of the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export which accompanied the material on its entry into the United Kingdom.”.