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24.—(1) Any alteration or erasure in a plant passport automatically invalidates that plant passport unless the alteration or erasure is certified by the authorised officer or the plant trader authorised under article 29 to issue the plant passport placing his or her hand written initials next to the alteration or erasure.
(2) A plant passport relating to any relevant material is treated as accompanying that relevant material only if the plant passport is affixed to—
(a)the relevant material,
(b)the packaging of that material, or
(c)the vehicle transporting that material,
by an authorised officer, the plant trader authorised to issue it or an inspector.
(3) A plant passport, insofar as it comprises an official label, must be affixed in such a way that it cannot be re-used.
(4) A person may only issue a replacement plant passport—
(a)to replace a plant passport issued in respect of a consignment—
(i)that has been divided up;
(ii)that has been combined, or part of which has been combined, with another consignment; or
(iii)whose plant health status has been changed; and
(b)if he or she is satisfied that the relevant material to which the replacement plant passport will relate—
(i)can be identified; and
(ii)is free from any risk of infestation by a plant pest specified in either Schedule 1 or 2.
(5) Without prejudice to the requirements of article 28(1)(b) and (c), where a person in the course of their trade or business is the final professional user for plant production of any relevant material which is accompanied by a plant passport in accordance with the requirements in article 21(1), (2), (3) or (4), he or she must retain that plant passport for at least one year.
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