{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-products-regulations-2009/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-products-regulations-2009/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/842",
  "legislation_title": "The Organic Products Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-products-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Advance notification",
  "text": "(1) A person seeking the release for free circulation in Great Britain of a consignment must, during the normal office hours of the relevant authority at the place of import, give to an authorised officer advance notice in writing of the intended arrival of the consignment at that place of import.\n(2) Any such notice must be given at least six hours in advance in relation to a consignment arriving by air and at least twenty four hours in advance in relation to a consignment arriving by any other means.\n(3) In paragraph (1), “relevant authority” means—\n(a) in relation to Scotland, the local authority for the place of import; and\n(b) in any other case, the port health authority (or, if there is no such authority, the local authority) for that place.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(1) substitued (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/109, reg. 2(3) (as substituted by The Organic Products (Production and Control) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1400), regs. 1(b), 4(2)(a))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/842/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:13:39.814673+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."
}