Article 14 Notification of the likely entry into, or presence in, a free zone of plant pests, plants etc.

(1)

The responsible authority for a free zone who knows or suspects that any plant pest, genetically manipulated material, plant, soil or growing medium to which this article applies is likely to enter, or is present in, the free zone for which he is the responsible authority, shall immediately give notice of that fact to the appropriate Minister and shall as soon as reasonably practicable after giving such notice confirm it in writing.

(2)

This article applies to any—

(a)

plant pests;

(b)

genetically manipulated material;

(c)

plants, planted or intended for planting other than tubers of potato and seeds;

(d)

seeds of a description specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 or in column 2 of Part IV of Schedule 3;

(e)

tubers of potato;

(f)

cut flowers;

(g)

raw fruit and raw vegetables; and

(h)

soil and growing medium

which have been, or are likely to be, landed in Great Britain, and have 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.