{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-wood-and-bark-order-northern-ireland-2006/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-wood-and-bark-order-northern-ireland-2006/article-7.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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Exceptions from certain prohibitions and requirements",
  "text": "(A1) The provisions referred to in paragraph (A2) do not apply to—\n(a) any wood described in paragraph (2) originating in any third country, other than the European Union or Switzerland, which is brought into Northern Ireland in the baggage of a passenger or other traveller coming from any such third country and meets the conditions in paragraph (A3); or\n(b) any small quantity of relevant material originating in the European Union or Switzerland which is brought into Northern Ireland in the baggage of a passenger or other traveller coming from the European Union or Switzerland and meets the conditions in paragraph (A3).\n(A2) the provisions are—\n(a) Article 4(A1)(e) and (h);\n(b) Article 5(A1);\n(c) Article 5A(1);\n(d) Article 6(A1);\n(e) Article 9A;\n(f) Article 11A.\n(A3) The conditions are that the relevant material—\n(a) does not show any signs of the presence of a pest;\n(b) is not intended for use in the course of a trade or business;\n(c) is intended for household use; and\n(d) in the case of any wood originating in a third country, other than the European Union or Switzerland, has been consigned from the Euro-Mediterranean area.\n(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The wood referred to in paragraph (A1) is that without bark which does not exceed 5 pieces and 1 metre each in length.",
  "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": "Arts. 7(A1)-(A3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 7(1) 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(9)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/820), regs. 1(1), 3(9)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 7 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/7",
    "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."
}