Regulation 25 Regulation 25 (prohibition against imports of forest reproductive material from third countries)F1

Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 25(1)(a) substituted by Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(13)(a)
reg. 25(2) words omitted by Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(13)(b)
reg. 25(6) words substituted by Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material 2026 reg. 4(13)(c)

(1)

No person may import forest reproductive material into Northern Ireland from a third country for the purpose of marketing it unless—

(a)

it has been produced in F2a member State, or an approved non-EU third country or a permitted third country;

(b)

it is permitted material; and

(c)

the requirements set out in Schedule 13 are met on entry.

(2)

A person intending to import permitted material into Northern Ireland from F3a member State, or an approved non-EU third country or a permitted third country shall notify the Department of the arrival of the material at least three days before the intended date of its arrival into Northern Ireland.

(3)

The notification to the Department shall be—

(a)

in writing;

(b)

contain the following details in relation to the material—

(i)

its anticipated point of entry into Northern Ireland; and

(ii)

its anticipated date and time of arrival into Northern Ireland.

(4)

After the permitted material has been imported into Northern Ireland, the owner of the permitted material may apply to the Department for a Master Certificate in relation to the material.

(5)

If the Department is satisfied that the requirements set out in Schedule 13 have been met in relation to the permitted material, the Department shall issue a Master Certificate for the material to its owner.

(6)

In the case of permitted material from F4a member State, or an approved non-EU third country, a Master Certificate issued under paragraph (5) shall—

(a)

be based on the OECD Certificate of Provenance; and

(b)

indicate that the material has been imported under an equivalence regime.

(7)

In this regulation—

“OECD Certificate of Provenance” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 13;
“permitted material” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 13.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 25 substituted (22.3.2019) by The Forest Reproductive Material (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/50), regs. 1, 8
F2: Words in reg. 25(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 29; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in reg. 25(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 29; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Words in reg. 25(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 29; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on Part VI

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Pt. VI heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 24; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)