PART 2IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES

Exceptions from certain prohibitions and requirements

7.—(1) The prohibitions on landing relevant material in Article 4(1)(e) and (f), the requirement for advance notification in Article 5(1) and the requirements of Article 6 for relevant material to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, phytosanitary certificate for re-export or an industry certificate shall not apply to any wood referred to in paragraph (2) not showing any signs of the presence of any pest, landed in Northern Ireland in the baggage of a passenger or other traveller and which—

(a)is not intended for use in the course of a trade of business;

(b)is intended for household use; and

(c)has been grown in and consigned to Northern Ireland from the Euro-Mediterranean area.

(2) The wood referred to in paragraph (1) is that without bark which does not exceed 5 pieces and 1 metre each in length.