The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2018

Advance notification of landing

6.—(1) No person may land any notifiable relevant material, where Northern Ireland is its point of entry into the European Union, unless notice is given in accordance with this article.

(2) A notice must—

(a) be in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 11;

(b) be given to the Department at the specified address; and

(c) be given in time to arrive at the specified address—

(i) in the case of any relevant material brought in by air, at least four working hours before the relevant material is landed; and

(ii) in any other case, at least three working days before the relevant material is landed.

(3) In the case of citrus fruits for processing, the names, addresses and locations of the premises at which the fruits are to be processed must be included under, or in the information referred to in, item 13 of the notice set out in Schedule 11.

(4) If a person can reasonably show that it was not possible to give notice in accordance with paragraph (2)(c) because the person was not aware that the material had been consigned, the person may give notice as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(5) Paragraph (1) is subject to articles 8(1), 16 and 31(3).

(6) In this article—

(a) “specified address” means the address given by the Department from time to time for the purposes of this article;

(b) “working hour” means a period of one hour during a working day.