{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-great-britain-order-1989/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/823",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-great-britain-order-1989",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "TREES, ISOLATED BARK, USED FORESTRY MACHINERY, SOIL AND GROWING MEDIUM WHICH MAY NOT BE LANDED IF THEY ORIGINATE IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES",
  "text": "Item\nDescription\nCountry of origin\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n1\nTrees for planting, other than fruit and seeds and other than trees of a species specified in column 2 of items 2, 6 and 7 in this Schedule, which have–\nbeen directly consigned from a third country other than New Zealand, or\nhave been directly consigned from New Zealand and are not accompanied by an official statement that the trees were grown in a sterile medium free from soil and which has not been in contact with soil.\nAny country outside the Euro-Mediterranean area other than Canada or the continental states of the United States of America.\n2\nTrees ofAbies, Larix, Picea, Pinus, Pseudotsuga, Tsuga andUlmus, other than fruit and seeds.\nAny country or part of a country not in Europe.\n3\nTrees of conifers (Coniferae) (other than cut trees) over 3 metres in height which have not been grown in nurseries and are not intended for planting.\nAny country or part of a country in Europe.\n4\nCut trees of conifers (Coniferae).\nAny country or part of a country not in Europe.\n5\nCut trees of conifers (Coniferae) retaining foliage, which are–\n(a) over 3 metres in height; or\n(b) 3 metres in height or less and derived from the tops of trees which have been over 3 metres in height and which have been grown in places other than nurseries.\nAny country or part of a country in Europe.\n6\nTrees ofCastanea andQuercus, other than fruit and seeds.\nAny country or part of a country not in Europe.\n7\nTrees ofPopulus, with leaves, other than fruit and seeds.\nAny country or part of a country not in Europe.\n8\nIsolated bark of conifers (Coniferae).\nAll countries.\n9\nIsolated bark ofAcer saccharum.\nThe United States of America.\n10\nIsolated bark ofCastanea.\nAll countries.\n11\nIsolated bark ofPopulus.\nAny country of the American continent.\n12\nIsolated bark ofQuercus(other thanQuercus suber).\nRomania, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or any country in North America.\n13\nUsed forestry machinery which has not been cleaned immediately prior to despatch so as to remove all particles of soil and other debris.\nAll countries.\n14\nSoil.\nThird countries.\n15\nUsed growing medium not attached to or associated with trees.\nThird countries.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/823/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:44:31.485718+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."
}