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Article 22 General provisions relating to UK plant passportsF1F4I1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Any alteration or erasure in a F2UK plant passport shall automatically invalidate that UK plant passport unless the alteration or erasure is certified by the authorised officer or the forestry trader authorised under Article 26 to issue the UK plant passport placing his hand written initials next to the alteration or erasure.

(2)

A UK plant passport relating to any relevant material shall be treated as accompanying that relevant material only if the UK plant passport is—

(a)

affixed to the relevant material or to the packaging of that material by an authorised officer, the forestry trader authorised to issue it or an inspector; or

(b)

carried in the vehicle transporting that material.

(3)

A UK plant passport, insofar as it comprises an official label, shall be affixed in such a way that it cannot be re-used.

(4)

A person may only issue a replacement UK plant passport—

(a)

to replace a UK plant passport issued in respect of a consignment—

(i)

that has been divided up;

(ii)

that has been combined, or part of which has been combined with another consignment; or

(iii)

whose plant health status has changed; and

(b)

if he is satisfied that the relevant material to which the replacement UK plant passport will relate—

(i)

can be identified; and

(ii)

is free from any risk of infestation by a pest specified in either Schedule 1 or 2 F3to the Plant Health Regulations .

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Order revoked (14.12.2019) by The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/230), reg. 1, Sch. 6 (with regs. 51-53)

F2

Words in art. 22(1)-(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(27)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in art. 22(4)(b)(ii) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(27)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Words in art. 22 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(27)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

I1

Art. 22 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1

Notes on Part 3

Textual amendments

F2

Word in Pt. 3 heading omitted by virtue (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(21); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)