Regulation 11 Collection of forest reproductive materialI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

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 the Department in writing at least 14 days before the proposed collection, providing the following particulars and documentation–

(a)

his name, address and contact details;

(b)

the place of collection;

(c)

the unique register reference or references allocated to the approved basic material from which the forest reproductive material is to be collected, or, in the case of forest reproductive material of the category “source-identified”, the region of provenance; and

(d)

the proposed date, time and anticipated duration of the collection;

and shall afford the Department or persons acting on the Department’s behalf such reasonable facilities as may be required to observe the collection so notified.

(2)

Regulation 27(2) and (3) shall apply when the Department 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).

(3)

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

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 11 in operation at 1.1.2003, see reg. 1