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The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

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Official measures in relation to non-compliant consignments or consignments which pose a risk to plant health

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10.—(1) This regulation applies to—

(a)any controlled consignment or regulated item which, in the opinion of a plant health inspector, has been brought into Northern Ireland from a third country in contravention of an EU plant health rule;

(b)any controlled consignment or regulated item which has been brought into Northern Ireland from a third country and which does not otherwise comply with an EU plant health rule; or

(c)any consignment which has been brought into Northern Ireland from a third country and which, in the opinion of a plant health inspector, poses a risk to plant health in Northern Ireland or to any other part of the Union territory.

(2) A plant health inspector must serve a notice on the operator who is responsible for the consignment or item—

(a)placing the consignment or item under official detention; and

(b)setting out the measures which the operator must take in relation to the consignment or item.

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