{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-wood-and-bark-order-northern-ireland-2006/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-wood-and-bark-order-northern-ireland-2006/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/66",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-wood-and-bark-order-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Advance notification of arrival",
  "text": "(A1) No person may bring any notifiable relevant material into a point of entry that is located in Northern Ireland, unless notice is given in accordance with this Article.\n(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) A notice under paragraph (A1) shall—\n(a) be in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 12;\n(b) subject to paragraph (5), be given in time to arrive at the office of the Department—\n(i) in the case of any relevant material brought by air; at least four hours, and\n(ii) in any other case; at least three working days,\nbefore its arrival .\n(4) The address to which a notice shall be given under paragraph (A1) shall be such address as the Department shall specify from time to time, which may include an address for electronic communications.\n(5) Where a person who is required by paragraph (A1) to give notice of the arrival of any relevant material can reasonably show that he was unable to comply with the periods specified in paragraph (3)(b)(i) or (ii) because he was unaware that the material had been consigned, he shall give notice as soon as is reasonably practicable.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 5(A1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 5(1)(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 5(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 5(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(f)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in art. 5(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(f)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Word in art. 5 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 5 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/66/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:48:18.455500+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."
}