The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

Other applications

19.—(1) The following applications must be made to the Department in the manner and form required by the Department—

(a) an application for a temporary authorisation to permit a relevant activity for official testing, scientific or educational purposes, trials, varietal selection or breeding;

(b) an application for an authorisation referred to in Article 64(2) of the EU Plant Health Regulation;

(c) an application for an authorisation referred to in Article 89(1) of the EU Plant Health Regulation;

(d) an application for an authorisation referred to in Article 98(1) of the EU Plant Health Regulation;

(e) an application for the issue of a phytosanitary certificate for export, a phytosanitary certificate for re-export or a pre-export certificate.

(2) In this regulation—

“relevant activity” means an activity which would otherwise be prohibited under the EU Plant Health Regulation, an EU Decision or another EU plant health rule involving—

(a)

the introduction of a plant pest or a plant, plant product or other object into Northern Ireland;

(b)

the movement of a plant pest or a plant, plant product or other object within Northern Ireland;

(c)

the holding of a controlled plant pest or a plant, plant product or other object at premises in Northern Ireland; or

(d)

the multiplication of a plant pest at premises in Northern Ireland.