The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“approved place of inspection” has the meaning given in article 3 of the Order;

“controlled consignment” means a consignment within the meaning of Article 2(1)(p) of the Directive, or a consignment which an inspector reasonably suspects to be such a consignment, of any of the following relevant material to which Part 2 of the Order applies—

(a)

isolated bark of a type listed in Schedule 5, Part A, paragraph 3 or Part B, paragraph 3 to the Order; or

(b)

wood of a type listed in Schedule 5, Part A, paragraph 4 or Part B, paragraph 1 to the Order, other than wood packaging material which is actually in use in the transport of objects of all kinds;

“the Directive” means Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community(1);

“documentary check” has the meaning given by Article 13a(1)(b)(i) of the Directive;

“identity check” has the meaning given by Article 13a(1)(b)(ii) of the Directive;

“licence” means a licence to carry out any activity to which article 38 or 39 of the Order applies;

“the Order” means the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005(2);

“plant health check” has the meaning given by Article 13a(1)(b)(iii) of the Directive;

“plant passport authority” means an authority to issue plant passports granted by the Forestry Commissioners under article 28 of the Order;

“remedial notice” means a notice served under article 31(1) or (4) or 33(3) of the Order; and

“remedial work” means any steps taken by a person for the purposes of complying with a remedial notice, or by an inspector under article 32(1) of the Order.

(2) Words and expressions which are not defined in these Regulations and which appear in the Order have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the Order.

(1)

OJ No L 169, 10.7.2000, p1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p1).

(2)

S.I. 2005/2517; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/594, 2012/2707, 2013/755, 2691, 2014/2420.