{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-great-britain-order-1993/schedule-4/part-C",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1283",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-great-britain-order-1993",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/C",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "C",
  "heading": "RELEVANT MATERIAL, CONSIGNED DIRECTLY FROM A MEMBER STATE, WHOSE INTRODUCTION INTO AND MOVEMENT WITHIN THE DENDROCTONUS MICANS PROTECTED ZONE IS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\nItem\nDescription of relevant material\nConditions of introduction and movement\nPlant passport required\n1.\nTrees of conifers (Coniferales) over 3 metres in height, other than fruit or seeds\nWithout prejudice to article 4(1) and Part B of Schedule 2, the trees shall be accompanied by an official statement that the place of production is free from Dendroctonus micans Kugelann\nYes\n2.\nWood of conifers (Coniferales) in the form of:\nfuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms;\nchips or particles;\nwood waste and scrap, not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms;\nwood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, except where treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives;\nsplit poles, piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise;\nrailway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties), not impregnated;\nwood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm, (in particular beams, planks, flitches, boards and laths);\npacking cases, crates and drums;\npallets, box pallets and other load boards, other than pallets and box pallets where they satisfy the standard set up for “UIC-Pallets” and are marked accordingly\nWithout prejudice to article 4(1) and Part B of Schedulule 2,\n(a) the wood shall be stripped of its bark; or\n(b) the wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in areas known to be free from Dendroctonus micans Kugelann; or\n(c) there shall be evidence by a mark “Kiln-dried”, “K.D.” or another internationally recognised mark, put on the wood or on its packaging in accordance with current commercial usage, that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule\nYes\n3.\nIsolated bark of conifers (Coniferales)\nWithout prejudice to article 4(1) and Part B of Schedule 2, the bark shall be accompanied by an official statement that the consignment:\n(a) has been subjected to fumigation or other appropriate treatment against bark beetles; or\n(b) originates in areas known to be free from Dendroctonus micans Kugelann\nYes\n4.\nWood of conifers (Coniferales) in the form of dunnage\n(a) The wood shall be stripped of its bark; or\n(b) it shall have undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule\nNo\n5.\nUsed forestry machinery\nThe machinery shall be cleaned and free from soil and plant debris\nNo",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/751",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/1996/751",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/1994/3094",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/2995",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/2995",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/2995",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/3109",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1283/schedule/4/part/C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:56:38.104692+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."
}