# The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987, Article 11: Period during which inspections are to be made and certificates issued


(1) Except for an inspection which is required to be carried out for the purposes of making an official statement in accordance with a condition referred to in column 3 of Schedule 3, an inspection carried out for the purposes of issuing a phytosanitary certificate or a reforwarding phytosanitary certificate shall be carried out not more than 14 days, and in the case of a phytosanitary certificate accompanying a consignment of chrysanthemums (not being a consignment of chrysanthemum cut flowers) not more than 48 hours, before the date of the despatch of the consignment to which the inspection relates.
(2) A phytosanitary certificate or a reforwarding phytosanitary certificate shall not be valid for the purposes of this Order unless it has been completed and signed by an authorised officer not more than 14 days, and in the case of a phytosanitary certificate accompanying a consignment of chrysanthemums (not being a consignment of chrysanthemum cut flowers) not more than 48 hours, before the date of despatch of the consignment which it is to accompany and after the carrying out of any inspection referred to in paragraph (1) of this article which relates to that consignment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1758/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-great-britain-order-1987/article-11
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