Article 20 Notification of the likely entry into, or presence in, a free zone of tree pests or relevant material

(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 a 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—

(a)

any tree pest specified in Schedule 1;

(b)

any relevant material, other than seeds, of a description specified in Schedule 2, carrying or infested by any tree pest specified in that Schedule opposite the reference to that relevant material; and

(c)

any relevant material, other than seeds, the landing of which in Great Britain is prohibited under article 3(1),

which has been, or is likely to be, landed in Great Britain, and has 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