{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-health-and-genetically-modified-organisms-wales-regulations-2020/regulation-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-health-and-genetically-modified-organisms-wales-regulations-2020/regulation-42.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2020/206",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-health-and-genetically-modified-organisms-wales-regulations-2020",
  "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.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1628), regs. 1(2)(b), 12(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), 5(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 42(1)(b) omitted (4.3.2021) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/239), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 42(1)(c) omitted (4.3.2021) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/239), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 42 heading omitted (4.3.2021) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/239), 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), 5(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 42 in force at 27.3.2020, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/206/regulation/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:17:12.489673+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."
}