The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Transitional provision: UK plant passports

53.—(1) An authorisation to issue plant passports which has been granted and has effect immediately before IP completion day continues to apply after IP completion day as if it were an authorisation to issue UK plant passports.

(2) In the case of any plant passport that has been issued in respect of any plant, plant product or other object before IP completion day for the purposes of the movement of that plant, plant product or other object which takes place in part before and in part after IP completion day, the plant passport is after the IP completion day to be treated as if it were a UK plant passport and references to a UK plant passport are to be construed accordingly.

(3) In this regulation—

“plant passport” has the meaning given in Article 78 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants, as it has effect in EU law(1);

“UK plant passport” has the meaning given in Article 78 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants(2).

(1)

OJ No L 317, 23.11.2016, p.4, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (OJ No L 95, 7.4.2017, p.1).

(2)

EUR 2016/2031.