Regulation 8

at the appropriate places insert—

• ““appropriate UK plant health authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to timber and forest pests in England, the Forestry Commissioners;

  2. (b)

     otherwise in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

  3. (c)

     in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

  4. (d)

     in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

  5. (e)

     in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

• “the list of controlled material” means Schedule 6 to the Plant Health Regulations;

• “the list of pest free area controlled material” means Schedule 7 to the Plant Health Regulations;

• “the list of prohibited infested material” means Schedule 2 to the Plant Health Regulations;

• “the list of prohibited material” means Schedule 3 to the Plant Health Regulations;

• “the list of prohibited plant pests” means Schedule 1 to the Plant Health Regulations;

• “the list of regulated material” means Schedule 4 to the Plant Health Regulations;

• “pest free area” means that part of a UK pest free area that is in England or, where the UK pest free area includes two or more separate parts of England, each such part;

• “the Plant Health Regulations” means the Plant Health (EU Exit) Regulations 2019^f1;

• “regulated tree pest” means—

  1. (a)

     a tree pest of a description specified in Part A, B or D of the list of prohibited plant pests;

  2. (b)

     a tree pest of a description specified in Part C of the list of prohibited plant pests which relates to a pest free area;

  3. (c)

     a tree pest of a description specified in column 3 of Part A, B or D of the list of prohibited infested material;

  4. (d)

     a tree pest of a description specified in column 3 of Part C of the list of prohibited infested material which relates to a pest free area;

• “UK pest free area” means an area in the United Kingdom which has been established as a pest free area in accordance with ISPM No. 4;

• “UK plant passport” means a label and, where appropriate, an accompanying document that meets the relevant requirements set out in Part A or B of Schedule 9, issued by or with the authority of the appropriate UK plant health authority, and includes any replacement of such a passport;

• “UK territory” means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland;”;

omit the definitions of “area of plant health control” and “associated controlled dunnage”;

in the definition of “authorised officer” for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—

“(a)

in relation to a UK plant passport, an inspector acting under the authority of the appropriate UK plant health authority; or

(b)

in relation to a phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export, an authorised representative of, or a public officer acting under, the national plant protection organisation of the country in which a phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export or a translation of a phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export is issued”;

omit the definition of “bark-free”;

for the definition of “consignment”, substitute—

• ““consignment” means a quantity of goods covered by a single document required for customs or other formalities;”;

omit the definition of “debarked”;

omit the definitions from “Decision 2002/757/EC” to “Decision (EU) 2015/893”;

omit the definitions of “the Directive”, “dunnage”, “EC transit goods”, “Euro-Mediterranean area” and “Europe”;

in the definition of “European Union”, omit “including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands”;

omit the definition of “fruit”;

in the definition of “importer”, for “landing” substitute “consignment”;

omit the definitions of “isolated bark” and “landed”;

for the definition of “lot” substitute—

• ““lot” means a number of units of a single commodity, identifiable by its homogeneity of composition and origin, which form part of a consignment;”;

in the definition of “national plant protection organisation”, for “European Commission”, substitute “national plant protection organisation of the United Kingdom”;

omit the definition of “North America”;

in the definition of “official”, for “responsible official body” substitute “ appropriate UK plant health authority,”;

omit the definitions of “official body of destination”, “official body of point of entry” and “official documentation”;

in the definition of “official label”, for the words from “responsible” to the end substitute “appropriate UK plant health authority”;

in the definition of “official statement”, for “plant passport” substitute “UK plant passport”;

omit the definition of “the OPM protected zone”;

in the definitions of “phytosanitary certificate” and “phytosanitary certificate for re-export” for “articles 7 and” substitute “article”;

omit the definitions of “plant health check”, “plant health movement document” and “plant passport”;

for the definition of “planting” substitute—

• ““planting” means any operation for the placing of plants to ensure their subsequent growth, reproduction or propagation;”;

omit the definition of “protected zone”;

omit the definition of “Regulation (EC) No 690/2008”;

omit the definitions of “responsible official body” and “round wood”;

omit the definitions of “solid fuel wood” and “Swiss plant passport”;

in the definition of “third country”, for “European Union”, substitute “United Kingdom”;

omit the definition of “tree or shrub in tissue culture”;

omit the definition of “the USA”;