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Article 8 Requirements for plant passports

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(1)

No person shall—

(a)

land in Great Britain any relevant material (other than used forestry machinery), consigned directly from a Member State, of a description specified in column 2 of Part B of Schedule 4; or

(b)

move within Great Britain any relevant material (other than used forestry machinery) of a description specified in column 2 of Part B of Schedule 4,

unless that relevant material is accompanied by a plant passport valid for Great Britain.

(2)

No person shall—

(a)

introduce into the Dendroctonus micans protected zone any relevant material (other than wood of conifers in the form of dunnage or used forestry machinery), consigned directly from a Member State, of a description specified in column 2 of Part C of Schedule 4; or

(b)

move within the Dendroctonus micans protected zone any relevant material (other than wood of conifers in the form of dunnage or used forestry machinery), of a description specified in column 2 of Part C of Schedule 4,

unless that relevant material is accompanied by a plant passport valid for that protected zone.

(3)

No person shall consign directly from Great Britain to a Member State any relevant material of a description specified in column 2 of Part A of Schedule 5 unless that relevant material is accompanied by a plant passport.

(4)

No person shall consign directly from Great Britain to a protected zone described in column 4 of Part B of Schedule 5 any relevant material (other than used forestry machinery) of a description specified in column 2 of that Part opposite the reference to that protected zone unless that relevant material is accompanied by a plant passport valid for that protected zone.