SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 17Use of forest risk commodities in commercial activity
PART 1Requirements
4Annual report on due diligence system
1
A regulated person in relation to a forest risk commodity who uses that commodity or a product derived from that commodity in their UK commercial activities must, for each reporting period, provide the relevant authority with a report on the actions taken by the person to establish and implement a due diligence system in relation to that commodity as required by paragraph 3.
2
The report must be provided no later than 6 months after the end of the reporting period to which it relates.
3
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—
a
about the content and form of reports under this paragraph;
b
about the manner in which reports under this paragraph are to be provided.
4
The relevant authority must make reports under this paragraph available to the public in the way, and to the extent, specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
5
In this paragraph “relevant authority” means—
a
the Secretary of State, or
b
if regulations made by the Secretary of State specify another person as the relevant authority for the purposes of this paragraph, that other person.
6
In this Schedule “reporting period” means—
a
the period beginning with the day on which this paragraph comes fully into force and ending with the following 31 March, and
b
each successive period of 12 months.