The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Notification of the likely entry into, or presence in, a free zone of pests or relevant material

38.—(1) The responsible authority for a free zone who knows or suspects that any of the things to which this Article applies is likely to enter, or is present in, such a free zone, shall immediately give notice, either orally or in writing, of that fact to the Department or an inspector. Notification under this paragraph which is given orally shall be confirmed in writing as soon as reasonably practicable.

(2) This Article applies to—

(a) any pest which is of a description specified in Schedule 1 or in column 3 of Schedule 2;

(b) any pest which, although not specified in Schedule 1 or 2, is not normally present in Northern Ireland and which is likely to be injurious to trees in Northern Ireland; and

(c) any relevant material of a description specified in column 2 of Schedule 3 which originates in a country specified in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the reference to that relevant material,

which has been, or is likely to be, landed in Northern Ireland, and has not been cleared out of charge under the Customs Act.

(3) In this Article “the responsible authority” and “free zone” have the same meaning as in the Customs Act(1).

(1)

See section 100A of the Customs Act which was inserted by the Finance Act 1984 (c. 43), section 8 and Schedule 4, Part 1.