Article 13 Notification of the likely entry into, or presence in, a free zone of tree pests, trees, wood, isolated bark etc.

(1)

The responsible authority for a free zone who knows or suspects that any of the things to which this article applies is likely to enter, or is present in, such free zone, shall immediately give notice of that fact to the Commissioners or an inspector and shall as soon as reasonably practicable after giving such notice confirm it in writing.

(2)

This article applies to any–

(a)

wood;

(b)

isolated bark;

(c)

trees, other than seeds;

(d)

seeds ofCastanea andQuercus;

(e)

cut trees;

(f)

tree pests;

(g)

genetically manipulated material;

(h)

used forestry machinery;

(i)

soil and growing medium

which have been, or are likely to be, landed in Great Britain, and have not been cleared from Customs charge.

(3)

In this article “the responsible authority” and “free zone” have the same meaning as in the Customs Act^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See section 100A of the Customs Act which was inserted by the Finance Act 1984 (c. 43), section 8 and Schedule 4, Part I.