{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-sweet-chestnut-blight-england-order-2017/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-sweet-chestnut-blight-england-order-2017/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/178",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Sweet Chestnut Blight) (England) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-sweet-chestnut-blight-england-order-2017",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prohibition on the movement of susceptible material",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where a notice of a demarcated area is issued under article 3(1).\n(2) No person may move—\n(a) any susceptible material of Castanea sativa or Quercus L. out of or within the infested area specified in the notice, or\n(b) any susceptible material of Castanea sativa out of or within any controlled area specified in the notice,\nwithout the written authority of an inspector.\n(3) The prohibitions in paragraph (2) apply on or after the date specified in the notice and cease to apply on the date on which the notice is revoked or otherwise ceases to have effect.\n(4) Paragraph (2) does not apply to the movement of—\n(a) any susceptible material of Quercus L. which enters and exits the infested area without stopping;\n(b) any susceptible material of Castanea sativa which enters and exits the infested area or any controlled area without stopping;\n(c) any susceptible material of Castanea sativa or Quercus L. which is authorised by a notice issued by an inspector under the 2005 Order or the 2015 Order before the date on which the prohibitions in paragraph (2) commence;\n(d) any susceptible material of Castanea sativa or Quercus L. authorised by a licence granted by the Secretary of State under the 2015 Order or by the Forestry Commissioners under the 2005 Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/178/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:14:58.810117+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."
}