# The Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 (revoked) S.I. 2005/2517 · made 6 September 2005 · revised to 27 March 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-order-2005-revoked/pdf/uksi_20052517_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-order-2005-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20052517_en.pdf ## Introductory text This Statutory Instrument has been printed in substitution of the SI of the same number and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. PLANT HEALTH Made 6th September 2005 Laid before Parliament 8th September 2005 Coming into force 1st October 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: GENERAL ## 1 Title and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 General interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2A Inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ## 3 Interpretation of Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Application of Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Prohibitions and restrictions on landing tree pests and relevant material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Advance notification of landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Requirements for certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Exceptions from certain prohibitions and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Presentation and display of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Prohibition on removal of relevant material from an area of plant health control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Exceptions from prohibition on removal of relevant material from area of plant health control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Plant health discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Request to an officer for Revenue and Customs for material to be detained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Power of an officer for Revenue and Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 General provisions relating to certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Requirements to be met by relevant material prior to inspection at its place or country of destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Approved places of inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: INTERNAL COMMUNITY CONTROLS ON MOVEMENT ## 18 Prohibitions and restrictions on landing tree pests and relevant material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Prevention of the spread of tree pests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Requirements for plant passports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Exceptions from certain prohibitions and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Validity of plant passports for Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 General provisions relating to plant passports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: REGISTRATION OF FORESTRY TRADERS AND AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PLANT PASSPORTS ## 24 Registers of forestry traders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Obligation to register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Registration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Conditions for maintaining registration as a forestry trader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Authority to issue plant passports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: SWISS TRADE AND SWISS PLANT PASSPORTS ## 29 Swiss trade and Swiss plant passports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: MEASURES TO CONTROL THE LANDING OF RELEVANT MATERIAL AND PREVENT THE SPREAD OF TREE PESTS ## 30 Examination, sampling and marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Actions which may be required by an inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Actions which may be taken by an inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Miscellaneous provisions as to notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Service of notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Information as to compliance with notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Failure to comply with a notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Power to enter premises used wholly or mainly as a dwelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: LICENCES ## 38 Licences to carry out activities prohibited by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Licences for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections permitted by Directive 2008/61/EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: NOTIFICATIONS, PROVISION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ## 40 Notification of the presence or suspected presence of certain tree pests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Notification of the likely entry into, or presence in, a free zone of tree pests or relevant material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Information to be given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42A Power to share information for the purposes of the Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: OFFENCES ## 43 Offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: THE CUSTOMS ACT AND REVOCATION ## 45 The Customs Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 Tree pests which shall not be landed in or spread within Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1A Tree pests which shall not be landed in or spread within a protected zone which is limited in relation to England and Scotland to part of that area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Prohibitions on the landing in and movement within Great Britain of infected relevant material ## A Relevant material which may not be landed in or moved within Great Britain if that material is carrying or infected with tree pests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Relevant material which may not be landed in or moved within Great Britain (as a protected zone) if that material is carrying or infected with tree pests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 Relevant material which may not be landed in Great Britain if that material originates in certain third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Restrictions on the landing in and movement within Great Britain of relevant material ## A Relevant material, from third countries, which may only be landed in Great Britain if special requirements are satisfied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Relevant material, from another part of the European Union, which may only be landed in or moved within Great Britain if special requirements are satisfied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## C Relevant material, from a third country or another part of the European Community, which may only be landed in or moved within Great Britain (as a protected zone) if special requirements are satisfied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Relevant material from a third country for which a phytosanitary certificate may be required ### Part A: Relevant material which may only be landed in Great Britain if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1a 1B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1b 1C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1c 1D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part B: Relevant material which, if destined for certain protected zones, may only be landed in Great Britain if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Prohibitions on the landing in and movement within Great Britain of relevant material without a plant passport ### Part A: Relevant material, from another part of the European Union, which may only be landed or moved in Great Britain if accompanied by a plant passport ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part B: Relevant material, from another part of the European Community, which may only be landed or moved in Great Britain if accompanied by a plant passport which is valid for Great Britain (as a protected zone) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: Prohibitions on the consignment of relevant material to another part of the European Union without a plant passport ### Part A: Relevant material which may only be consigned to another part of the European Union if accompanied by a plant passport ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part B: Relevant material which may only be consigned to a protected zone in another part of the European Union if accompanied by a plant passport which is valid for that protected zone ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: Swiss plant passports ### Part A: Relevant material originating in Switzerland which may be landed in or moved within Great Britain if accompanied by a Swiss plant passport ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part B: Relevant material imported into Switzerland from another third country which, if it would normally be permitted to be landed in Great Britain if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, may be accompanied by a Swiss plant passport or may be landed without phytosanitary documentation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: Requirements for plant passports ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: Form of phytosanitary certificate and form of phytosanitary certificate for re-export required by article 15(1) ## A Form of phytosanitary certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Form of phytosanitary certificate for re-export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11: Form of phytosanitary certificate and form of phytosanitary certificate for re-export permitted by article 15(1) ## A Form of a phytosanitary certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Form of a phytosanitary certificate for re-export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12: Notice of landing ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Notice of landing of relevant material required by article 6(1) of the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 ## C Notice of landing required under article 6(1) or article 18(3) of the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 in relation to solid fuel wood ## Schedule 13: Plant health movement document ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B ## Schedule 14 Revocation of Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2517 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-order-2005-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.