The Windsor Framework (Plant Health) Regulations 2023

Official register of professional operators

4.—(1) The competent authorities must keep and update an official register containing details of professional operators operating in Great Britain who—

(a) dispatch plants and other objects from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, with a Northern Ireland plant health label;

(b) are authorised to issue Northern Ireland plant health labels in accordance with regulation 10 (authorisation);

(c) are authorised to receive and use Northern Ireland plant health labels in accordance with regulation 10.

(2) The official register must contain—

(a) the information and statements set out in regulation 5(2)(a), (b) and (d) and, where applicable, the information set out in regulation 10(3); and

(b) the official registration number for the professional operator.

(3) The competent authorities must ensure that a professional operator is registered only once.

(4) Where applicable, the official register must specify each of the different premises referred to in regulation 5(2)(d) (procedure of registration).

(5) Where a professional operator is authorised under regulation 10(4) (authorisation), the official register must also contain—

(a) an indication of the activity referred to regulation 5(2)(c) for which the professional operator is authorised;

(b) details of the specific plants for planting or other objects concerned by that activity.