Regulation 4 Prohibition on the supply of a relevant unit of wood

A person must not supply a relevant unit of wood if the wood is not authorised wood.

A person must not supply a relevant unit of wood if, after the issue of a certificate under regulation 5(5) in relation to the wood, there is reason to believe that the moisture content of the wood amounts to the prohibited level.

A person must not supply a relevant unit of wood that is not accompanied, whether on its packaging or otherwise, with—

A person who contravenes any of the prohibitions in paragraphs (1) to (3) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine.

In this regulation—

• “authorised wood” means wood in respect of which a certificate has been issued by an approved wood certification body in accordance with regulation 5(5);

• “relevant information” means—

  1. (a)

     the name of the person who obtained the certificate from the approved wood certification body in respect of the relevant unit of wood in question; and

  2. (b)

     the number of the certificate issued by the approved wood certification body under regulation 5(5).