{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-health-and-genetically-modified-organisms-england-regulations-2019/regulation-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-health-and-genetically-modified-organisms-england-regulations-2019/regulation-42.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1517",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-health-and-genetically-modified-organisms-england-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/42",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Improper use of ... plant passports , Northern Ireland plant health labels or certificates",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person—\n(a) dishonestly issues a UK plant passport , a Northern Ireland plant health label or a certificate;\n(b) dishonestly alters a ... plant passport , a Northern Ireland plant health label or a certificate; or\n(c) dishonestly re-uses a ... plant passport , a Northern Ireland plant health label or a certificate.\n(2) In paragraph (1), “certificate” means a phytosanitary certificate for export, a phytosanitary certificate for re-export or a pre-export certificate.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 42(1)(a)-(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 14(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 42(1) inserted (1.10.2023) by The Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1056), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 42(1)(b) omitted (27.1.2021) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/79), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 42(1)(c) omitted (27.1.2021) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/79), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 42 heading omitted (27.1.2021) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/79), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 42 heading inserted (1.10.2023) by The Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1056), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 42 in force at 14.1.2020, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1517/regulation/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:35:09.912166+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}