PART 3

INTERNAL COMMUNITY CONTROLS ON MOVEMENT

Requirements for plant passports
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1
Subject to paragraph (7) and article 22, the landing in or movement within Scotland by any person of any relevant material of a description specified in Part A of Schedule 6 comprising EC transit goods or material originating in Scotland or elsewhere in the European Community is prohibited, unless that relevant material is accompanied by a plant passport and, if originating in Scotland, has been the subject of a satisfactory inspection at the place of production.
2
Subject to paragraph (7) and articles 22 and 23, the landing in or movement within Scotland by any person of any relevant material of a description specified in Part B of Schedule 6 comprising EC transit goods or material originating in Scotland or elsewhere in the European Community is prohibited, unless that relevant material is accompanied by a plant passport which is valid for Scotland as a protected zone and, if originating in Scotland, has been the subject of a satisfactory inspection at the place of production.
3
No person shall move within Scotland any relevant material, which if comprised of EC transit goods or material consigned to Scotland from another part of the European Community would be subject to paragraph (1), after the phytosanitary certificate accompanying it has been officially stamped in accordance with article 12(7)(a) unless it is accompanied by a plant passport.
4
Subject to article 23, no person shall move within Scotland any relevant material, which if comprised of EC transit goods or material consigned to Scotland from another part of the European Community would be subject to paragraph (2), after the phytosanitary certificate accompanying it has been officially stamped in accordance with article 12(7)(a) unless it is accompanied by a plant passport which is valid for Scotland as a protected zone.
5
Subject to article 22, no person shall consign from Scotland to another part of the European Community any relevant material of a description specified in Part A of Schedule 7 unless that relevant material is accompanied by a plant passport.
6
Subject to article 22, no person shall consign from Scotland to a protected zone in another part of the European Community any relevant material of a description specified in Part B of Schedule 7 unless that relevant material is accompanied by a plant passport which is valid for that protected zone.
7
The prohibitions imposed on landing by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to relevant material in respect of which the Scottish Ministers have agreed, pursuant to an agreement described in article 12(6), to carry out a plant health check.