The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. General interpretation

3. PART 2 IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES

   1. 3. Application of Part 2

   2. 4. Prohibitions and restrictions on landing pests and relevant material

   3. 5. Advance notification of landing

   4. 6. Requirements for certificates

   5. 7. Exceptions from certain prohibitions and requirements

   6. 8. Presentation and display of documents

   7. 9. Prohibition on removal of relevant material from an area of plant health control

   8. 10. Exceptions from prohibition on removal of relevant material from area of plant health control

   9. 11. Plant health discharge

   10. 12. Request to an officer of Revenue and Customs for material to be detained

   11. 13. Power of an officer for Revenue and Customs

   12. 14. General provisions relating to certificates

   13. 15. Requirements to be met by relevant material prior to inspection at its place or country of destination

   14. 16. Approved places of inspection

4. PART 3 INTERNAL COMMUNITY CONTROLS ON MOVEMENT

   1. 17. Prohibitions and restrictions on landing pests and relevant material

   2. 18. Prevention of the spread of pests

   3. 19. Requirements for plant passports

   4. 20. Exceptions from certain prohibitions and requirements

   5. 21. Validity of plant passports for Northern Ireland

   6. 22. General provisions relating to plant passports

5. PART 4 REGISTRATION OF FORESTRY TRADERS AND AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PLANT PASSPORTS

   1. 23. Register of forestry traders

   2. 24. Registration requirements

   3. 25. Conditions for maintaining registration as a forestry trader

   4. 26. Authority to issue plant passports

6. PART 5 SWISS TRADE AND SWISS PLANT PASSPORTS

   1. 27. Swiss trade and Swiss plant passports

7. PART 6 MEASURES TO CONTROL THE LANDING OF RELEVANT MATERIAL AND PREVENT THE SPREAD OF PESTS

   1. 28. Examination, sampling and marking

   2. 29. Actions which may be required by an inspector

   3. 30. Actions which may be taken by an inspector

   4. 31. Miscellaneous provisions as to notices

   5. 32. Service of notices

   6. 33. Information as to compliance with notices

   7. 34. Failure to comply with a notice

8. PART 7 LICENCES

   1. 35. Licences to carry out activities prohibited by this Order

   2. 36. Licences for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections

9. PART 8 NOTIFICATIONS, PROVISION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

   1. 37. Notification of the presence or suspected presence of certain pests

   2. 38. Notification of the likely entry into, or presence in, a free zone of pests or relevant material

   3. 39. Information to be given

10. PART 9 OFFENCES

    1. 40. Offences

    2. 41. Penalties

11. PART 10 THE CUSTOMS ACT AND REVOCATION

    1. 42. The Customs Act

    2. 43. Revocation

12. Signature

13. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Pests which shall not be landed in or spread within Northern Ireland

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Prohibitions on the landing in and movement within Northern Ireland of infected relevant material

       1. PART A Relevant material which may not be landed in or moved within Northern Ireland if that material is carrying or infected with pests

       2. PART B Relevant material which may not be landed in or moved within Northern Ireland (as a protected zone) if that material is carrying or infected with pests

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Relevant material which may not be landed in Northern Ireland if that material originates in certain third countries

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Restrictions on the landing in and movement within Northern Ireland of relevant material

       1. PART A Relevant material, from third countries, which may only be landed in Northern Ireland if special requirements are satisfied

       2. PART B Relevant material, from another part of the European Community, which may only be landed in or moved within Northern Ireland if special requirements are satisfied

       3. PART C Relevant material, from a third country or another part of the European Community, which may only be landed in or moved within Northern Ireland (as a protected zone) if special requirements are satisfied

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Relevant material from a third country for which a phytosanitary certificate may be required

       1. PART A Relevant material which may only be landed in Northern Ireland if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate

          1. 1. Isolated bark of— (a) conifers (Coniferales), originating in a country...

          2. 2. Wood referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the...

       2. PART B Relevant material which, if destined for certain protected zones, may only be landed in Northern Ireland if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate

          1. 1. Wood referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the...

          2. 2. Isolated bark of conifers (Coniferales) originating in any third country...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Prohibitions on the landing in and movement within Northern Ireland of relevant material without a plant passport

       1. PART A Relevant material, from another part of the European Community, which may only be landed or moved in Northern Ireland if accompanied by a plant passport

          1. 1. Wood referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the...

       2. PART B Relevant material, from another part of the European Community, which may only be landed or moved in Northern Ireland if accompanied by a plant passport which is valid for Northern Ireland (as a protected zone)

          1. 1. Wood referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the...

          2. 2. Isolated bark of Castanea Mill. or conifers (Coniferales).

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       Prohibitions on the consignment of relevant material to another part of the European Community without a plant passport

       1. PART A Relevant material which may only be consigned to another part of the European Community if accompanied by a plant passport

          1. 1. Wood referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the...

       2. PART B Relevant material which may only be consigned to a protected zone in another part of the European Community if accompanied by a plant passport which is valid for that protected zone

          1. 1. Wood referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the...

          2. 2. Isolated bark of Castanea Mill. or conifers (Coniferales).

    8. SCHEDULE 8

       Swiss plant passports

       1. PART A Relevant material originating in Switzerland which may be landed in or moved within Northern Ireland if accompanied by a Swiss plant passport

          1. 1. Wood referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the...

       2. PART B Relevant material imported into Switzerland from another third country which, if it would normally be permitted to be landed in Great Britain if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, may be accompanied by a Swiss plant passport or may be landed without phytosanitary documentation

          1. 1. Wood referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the...

          2. 2. Isolated bark of conifers (Coniferales) originating in any country outside...

    9. SCHEDULE 9

       Requirements for plant passports

       1. 1. A plant passport may only be issued in respect of...

       2. 2. A plant passport shall comprise either an official label or...

       3. 3. The references in paragraph 2 above to an official label...

       4. 4. (1) The information contained in a plant passport shall be—...

       5. 5. Where a plant passport comprises only an official label, it...

       6. 6. Where the plant passport comprises an official label and an...

       7. 7. The information referred to in paragraph 5 and 6 above...

    10. SCHEDULE 10

        Form of phytosanitary certificate and form of phytosanitary certificate for re-export required by Article 14(1)

        1. PART A Form of phytosanitary certificate

        2. PART B Form of phytosanitary certificate for re-export

    11. SCHEDULE 11

        Form of phytosanitary certificate and form of phytosanitary certificate for re-export permitted by Article 14(1)

        1. PART A Form of phytosanitary certificate

        2. PART B Form of a phytosanitary certificate for re-export

    12. SCHEDULE 12

        Notice of landing

        1. PART A

           1. 1. The notice of landing required under Article 5(1) shall be...

           2. 2. The information contained in the notice in paragraph (1) shall...

        2. PART B

    13. SCHEDULE 13

        Plant Health Movement Document

        1. PART A

           1. 1. The plant health movement document required under Article 15(2)(a) shall...

           2. 2. The information contained in the notice in paragraph (1) shall...

        2. PART B

    14. SCHEDULE 14

        Revocation of Orders

14. Explanatory Note