The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) (England and Scotland) Order 2018

Part C of Schedule 4

10.  In Part C of Schedule 4—

(a) after the heading insert—

“Interpretation of Part C

In this Part, in item 7E, “excluded zone” means the area in England and Scotland which is not within the OPM protected zone.”;

(b) after item 7D insert—

“7E.

Trees, other than fruit or seeds, of Quercus L., other than Quercus suber, intended for planting, whose girth at 1.2 m above the root collar is 8 cm or more, other than— —any such plants entering England or Scotland via a point of entry in the excluded zone which are not in the course of their consignment to the OPM protected zone, or —any such plants originating in the excluded zone which do not move from the excluded zone into the OPM protected zone

The trees must be accompanied by an official statement that: (a) they have been grown throughout their life in places of production in countries in which Thaumetopoea processionea L. is not known to occur; (b) they have been grown throughout their life in a protected zone which is recognised as a protected zone for Thaumetopoea processionea L. or in an area free from Thaumetopoea processionea L., established by the national plant protection organisation in accordance with ISPM No. 4; (c) they have been produced in nurseries which, along with their vicinity, have been found free from Thaumetopoea processionea L. on the basis of official inspections carried out as close as practically possible to their movement and official surveys of the nurseries and their vicinity have been carried out at appropriate times since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation to detect larvae and other symptoms of Thaumetopoea processionea L.; or (d) they have been grown throughout their life in a site with complete physical protection against the introduction of Thaumetopoea processionea L. and have been inspected at appropriate times and found to be free from Thaumetopoea processionea L.”.