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8.—(1) The following provisions do not apply to any exempt items which are introduced into Northern Ireland in the baggage of a passenger or other traveller if the items meet the conditions in paragraph (2)—
(a)article 5(1)(e) and (f);
(b)article 6(1);
(c)article 7(1);
(d)article 10(1).
(2) The conditions are that the exempt items—
(a)do not show any signs of the presence of a plant pest;
(b)are not intended for use in the course of a trade or business; and
(c)are intended for household use.
(3) In this article—
(a)“exempt items” means—
(i)fruit and raw vegetables (other than potatoes), weighing no more than two kg in total;
(ii)a single bouquet of cut flowers (which may include parts of plants);
(iii)packets of seeds, other than seeds of potatoes or Fraxinus L., not exceeding five packets in total;
(iv)bulbs, corms, tubers, other than potatoes, and rhizomes, grown in and consigned from the Euro-Mediterranean area and weighing no more than two kg in total;
(v)plants for planting, other than bulbs, corms, tubers or rhizomes or plants of Fraxinus L. intended for planting, grown in and consigned from the Euro-Mediterranean area and not exceeding five in total;
(vi)parts of trees, including dried cones, leaves and branches, for decoration or which together form a single wreath;
(vii)one cut coniferous tree less than 3 metres in height;
(viii)seeds of Castanea (chestnuts), intended for human consumption, not exceeding 2 kilogrammes in weight; or
(ix)tree seedlings, other than seedlings of Fraxinus L. or seedlings in bonsai form, not exceeding 5 in number.
(b)“packet of seeds” means a packet of seeds of a type normally sold to the consumer other than for use in the course of a trade or business or a packet of seeds of a similar size.
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