Regulation 3 Regulation 2 (interpretation)

for the definition of “approved basic material” substitute—

• ““approved basic material” in relation to basic material approved by an appropriate authority means basic material which is approved in accordance with regulation 7;”;

after the definition of “contact details”, insert—

• ““Council Decision 2008/971/EC” means Council Decision 2008/971/EC on the equivalence of forest reproductive material produced in third countries, as amended from time to time;”;

after the definition of “EC classification”, insert—

• ““EU-approved third countries” are Canada, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States of America;”;

for the definition of “Master Certificate”, substitute—

• ““Master Certificate” means—

  1. (a)

     in the case of forest reproductive material collected or otherwise derived from basic material which is located in a relevant territory, a Master Certificate issued in accordance with regulation 13;

  2. (b)

     in the case of forest reproductive material collected or otherwise derived from basic material which is located in Great Britain a Master Certificate issued by the official body for Great Britain in accordance with Article 12 of the Directive;

  3. (c)

     in the case of forest reproductive material collected or otherwise derived from basic material which is located in another member State, a Master Certificate issued by an official body of that member State in accordance with Article 12 of the Directive;

  4. (d)

     in the case of forest reproductive material produced in an EU-approved third country, a Master Certificate issued by the Department in accordance with regulation 25(5) and (6) or a Master Certificate issued by a relevant official body in accordance with Article 4 of Council Decision 2008/971/EC;

  5. (e)

     in the case of forest reproductive material produced in a permitted third country, a Master Certificate issued by the Department in accordance with regulation 25(5), a Master Certificate issued in relation to the material by an official body of a member State or an official certificate within the meaning of paragraph 8 of Schedule13;”;

for the definition of “official body” substitute—

• ““official body”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a member State has the meaning given in Article 2(k) of the Directive;

  2. (b)

     in relation to an EU-approved third country means the competent authority for the relevant country, as listed in Annex 1 to Council Decision 2008/971/EC;

  3. (c)

     in relation to a permitted third country means the authority or body which is officially responsible in that country for the approval and control of forest reproductive material produced in the country;”;

for the definition of “plant passport”, substitute—

• ““plant passport” has the meaning given in the Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006^f1;”.