The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

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Publication 2006-02-27
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PART 10 — THE CUSTOMS ACT AND REVOCATION

The Customs Act

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The provisions of this Order shall apply without prejudice to the Customs Act.

Revocation

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The Orders specified in Schedule 14 are revoked.

SCHEDULE 1 — Pests which shall not be landed in or spread within Northern Ireland

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SCHEDULE 2 — Prohibitions on the landing in and movement within Northern Ireland of infected relevant material

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PART B — Relevant material which may not be landed in or moved within Northern Ireland (as a protected zone) if that material is carrying or infected with pests

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SCHEDULE 3 — Relevant material which may not be landed in Northern Ireland if that material originates in certain third countries

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SCHEDULE 4 — Restrictions on the landing in and movement within Northern Ireland of relevant material

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PART B — Relevant material, from another part of the European Union, which may only be landed in or moved within Northern Ireland if special requirements are satisfied

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PART C — Relevant material, from a third country or another part of the European Union, which may only be landed in or moved within Northern Ireland (as a protected zone) if special requirements are satisfied

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SCHEDULE 5 — Relevant material from a third country for which a phytosanitary certificate may be required

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PART B — Relevant material which, if destined for certain protected zones, may only be landed in Northern Ireland if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate

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SCHEDULE 6 — Prohibitions on the landing in and movement within Northern Ireland of relevant material without a plant passport

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PART B — Relevant material, from another part of the European Union, which may only be landed or moved in Northern Ireland if accompanied by a plant passport which is valid for Northern Ireland (as a protected zone)

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SCHEDULE 7 — Prohibitions on the consignment of relevant material to another part of the European Union without a plant passport

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PART B — Relevant material which may only be consigned to a protected zone in another part of the European Union if accompanied by a plant passport which is valid for that protected zone

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SCHEDULE 8 — Swiss plant passports

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PART B — Relevant material imported into Switzerland from another third country which, if it would normally be permitted to be landed in Great Britain if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, may be accompanied by a Swiss plant passport or may be landed without phytosanitary documentation

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SCHEDULE 9 — Requirements for UK plant passports

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A UK plant passport may only be issued in respect of relevant material that has been the subject of a satisfactory inspection at its place of production.

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A UK plant passports shall comprise either an official label or an official label together with a document of a kind normally used for trade purposes, containing the information specified in paragraph 5 or (as the case may be) 6.

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The references in paragraph 2 above to an official label are references to a label which—

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Where a UK plant passport comprises only an official label, it shall contain the information specified in paragraph 7.

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Where the UK plant passport comprises an official label and an additional document—

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The information referred to in paragraph 5 and 6 above shall be—

SCHEDULE 10 — Form of phytosanitary certificate and form of phytosanitary certificate for re-export required by Article 14(1)

PART A — Form of phytosanitary certificate

PART B — Form of phytosanitary certificate for re-export

SCHEDULE 11 — Form of phytosanitary certificate and form of phytosanitary certificate for re-export permitted by Article 14(1)

PART A — Form of phytosanitary certificate

PART B — Form of a phytosanitary certificate for re-export

SCHEDULE 12 — Notice of landing

PART A

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The notice of landing required under article 5(1) in relation to relevant material, other than solid fuel wood, shall be in the form set out in Part B or in a document containing at least the information referred to in that form.

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PART B

SCHEDULE 13 — Plant Health Movement Document

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PART B

SCHEDULE 14 — Revocation of Orders

Order Reference
The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 S.R. 1993/460
The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 S.R. 1996/18
The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 S.R. 1997/11
The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 S.R. 1999/389
The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 S.R. 2001/401
The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 S.R. 2002/285

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 27th February 2006.

Malcolm Beatty — A senior officer of the — Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (“the Order”) revokes and consolidates with amendments the Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 (SR 1993/460). The Order also implements—

Part 2 of the Order imposes restrictions and requirements on relevant material imported into Northern Ireland from third countries, including material coming via another country in the European Union where the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (“the Department”) has agreed to inspect that material in Northern Ireland. “Relevant material” is defined in Article 2.

The principal controls are in Article 4, which contains general prohibitions and restrictions on relevant material being landed in Northern Ireland, Article 5, which requires importers to provide the Department with advance notice of landing of relevant material and Article 6, which imposes requirements for relevant material to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate. Article 7 exempts certain relevant material which is brought into Northern Ireland in a person’s baggage from these prohibitions and restrictions.

Article 8 imposes requirements relating to the contents, display and presentation of documents required to accompany relevant material.

Articles 9 to 11 provide that certain relevant material shall not be removed from an area of plant health control (defined in article 9(2)) until, having satisfied himself as to the matters specified in article 11, an inspector has discharged that material.

Articles 12 and 13 provide for an officer for Revenue and Customs to be able to detain relevant material from which an inspector considers a pest may spread.

Article 14 contains general requirements to be met by phytosanitary documentation.

Articles 15 and 16 introduce provisions to allow relevant material to be inspected at its place of destination provided that place is approved by the relevant authorities and the material is accompanied by a plant health movement document.

Part 3 of the Order contains the prohibitions and restrictions that apply to relevant material coming to Northern Ireland from another part of the European Unionand to movement of that material within Northern Ireland. The requirements for such material to be accompanied by a plant passport are imposed by Article 19.

Part 4 of the Order imposes a requirement on forestry traders to be registered in respect of their activities (Articles 23 to 25) and provides for the Department to be able to authorise them to issue plant passports (Article 26).

Part 5 contains special arrangements governing trade in relevant material between Northern Ireland and Switzerland.

Part 6 contains general enforcement powers given to inspectors.

Part 7 provides for the Department to be able to license activities that would otherwise by prohibited by the Order.

Part 8 imposes requirements to notify the presence of certain pests to the Department.

Part 9 imposes offences for non-compliance with the Order or with requirements imposed under it (Article 40(1)); in relation to making statements or failing to disclose information for the purpose of procuring a plant health document (Article 40(3)) and for dishonestly issuing, altering or re-using a plant passport (Article 40(4)). (Contravention of any prohibition on landing imposed by the Order is an offence under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) and not under the Order.)

A person found guilty of an offence under the Order is liable on summary conviction to a fine of up to level 5 on the standard scale (Article 41).

A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as it has no impact on the costs for business.

The Order comes into operation on 31st March 2006.

Footnotes

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Formerly the Department of Agriculture: see SI 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Art. 3(4)

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As amended by S.R.+O.(N.I.) 1972 No 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2; s. 1979 c. 2 s. 177(1) and Sch. 4 Pt. II; and S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2 Art. 15(2)

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As amended by S.R.+O. (N.I.) 1972 No 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2

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Inserted by S.I. 1975/1038 (N.I. 8) Art. 11(2)

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Inserted by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15

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As amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2)

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2001 (c. 9. (N.I.)), the definition of electronic communications in section 4(1) was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), section 406(1) and Schedule 17, paragraph 170.

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Adopted in 1951 (Treaty Series No. 16 (1954), Cmd 9077) and revised in 1979 (Miscellaneous Series No. 1(1981), Cmd 8108).

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Sections 49 and 50 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) provide respectively for forfeiture of goods improperly imported and penalties for improper importation of goods.

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If it is listed in Part A as well as in Part B.

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If it is listed in Part B but not in Part A.

Editorial notes

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Art. 1 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 2 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 36 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 5 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 11 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 6 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 13 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 16 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 37 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 4 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 7 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 8 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 10 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 14 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 22 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 23 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 26 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 28 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 29 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 30 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 34 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 39 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 40 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 1 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 9 para. 1 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 9 para. 2 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 9 para. 3 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 9 para. 4 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 9 para. 5 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 9 para. 6 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 9 para. 7 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 14 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 12 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 24 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 25 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 31 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 32 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 33 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 41 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 42 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Art. 43 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 8 Pt. A para. 1 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 8 Pt. B para. 1 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 10 Pt. A in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 10 Pt. B in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 11 Pt. A in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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Sch. 11 Pt. B in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

61

Sch. 12 Pt. B in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

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