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The Forest Reproductive Material (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

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Regulation 25 (prohibition against imports of forest reproductive material from third countries)

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8.  For regulation 25 , substitute—

25.    Prohibition against imports of forest reproductive material into Northern Ireland from third countries.".

(1) No person may import forest reproductive material into Northern Ireland from a third country for the purpose of marketing it unless—

(a)it has been produced in an EU-approved third country or a permitted third country;

(b)it is permitted material; and

(c)the requirements set out in Schedule 13 are met on entry.

(2) A person intending to import permitted material into Northern Ireland from an EU-approved third country or a permitted third country shall notify the Department of the arrival of the material at least three days before the intended date of its arrival into Northern Ireland.

(3) The notification to the Department shall be—

(a)in writing;

(b)contain the following details in relation to the material—

(i)its anticipated point of entry into Northern Ireland; and

(ii)its anticipated date and time of arrival into Northern Ireland.

(4) After the permitted material has been imported into Northern Ireland, the owner of the permitted material may apply to the Department for a Master Certificate in relation to the material.

(5) If the Department is satisfied that the requirements set out in Schedule 13 have been met in relation to the permitted material, the Department shall issue a Master Certificate for the material to its owner.

(6) In the case of permitted material from an EU-approved third country, a Master Certificate issued under paragraph (5) shall—

(a)be based on the OECD Certificate of Provenance; and

(b)indicate that the material has been imported under an equivalence regime.

(7) In this regulation—

  • “OECD Certificate of Provenance” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 13;

  • “permitted material” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 13..

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