The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 No. 293

PART 11 Offences

Improper use of plant passports or certificates

44.—(1) A person commits an offence if the person—

(a) dishonestly issues a plant passport or a certificate,

(b) dishonestly alters a plant passport or a certificate,

(c) dishonestly re-uses a plant passport or a certificate.

(2) In paragraph (1), “certificate” means a phytosanitary certificate for export, a phytosanitary certificate for re-export or a pre-export certificate.