Regulation 11 Collection of forest reproductive material

Subject to paragraph (3), any person proposing to collect, or cause to be collected, forest reproductive material for the purpose of marketing or for use in the production of forest reproductive material which is to be marketed shall notify F1the appropriate authority in writing at least 14 days before the proposed collection, providing the following particulars and documentation—

and shall afford the appropriate authority or persons acting on F3the appropriate authority's behalf such reasonable facilities as they may require to observe the collection so notified.

Regulation 27(2) and (3) shall apply when the appropriate authority or other persons on their behalf attend to observe a collection as provided for in paragraph (1) as if the attendance were an inspection carried out under regulation 27(1).

This regulation shall not apply to the extraction of seed from cones or fruits.

In this regulation and regulations 13 and 14, “the appropriate authority” means—