Licences to carry out activities prohibited by this OrderN.I.
[F135.—(1) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Order, any pest or relevant material may be landed, kept, stored, sold, planted, moved or otherwise disposed of in Northern Ireland and any other thing prohibited by this Order may be done under the authority of a licence, whether general or specific, granted by the Department—
(a)in exercise of any derogation permitted by the Directive; or
(b)for trial or scientific purposes, or for work on varietal selections, in relation to a domestic quarantine pest.
(2) A licence granted under article 35(1)(b) shall be in writing and may be granted—
(a)subject to conditions;
(b)for an indefinite period or a specified period.
(3) In this article “domestic quarantine pest” means a pest not listed in Annex I or Annex II to the Directive, which is not normally present in Northern Ireland, but is likely to be injurious to trees in Northern Ireland.]
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