# The Plant Health (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 22


Where any checks carried out pursuant to paragraph 18 show that the plants do not comply with the requirements specified under the relevant Plant Health Order in relation to their movement, the appropriate UK plant health authority must ensure that those plants are destroyed immediately in situ or in a nearby location and that all necessary precautions to avoid the spread of the plant pest and its vectors are taken during and after removal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111177563/schedule/15/paragraph/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-plant-health-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-15/paragraph-22
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