Regulation 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Regulations 2012.

They come into force on 20th February 2012.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979^f1;

• “the European Regulations” means—

  1. (a)

     the FLEGT Regulation, and

  2. (b)

     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1024/2008 laying down detailed measures for the implementation of the FLEGT Regulation, as amended from time to time;

• “the FLEGT Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community, as amended from time to time;

• “general customs official” means a general customs official designated under section 3(1) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009^f2;

• “premises” includes any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, hovercraft, tent or movable structure;

• “wildlife inspector” has the meaning given in regulation 5.

Terms used in these Regulations that are also used in the European Regulations have the meaning they bear in those Regulations.