The Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005

Conditions for maintaining registration as a plant trader

28.—(1) Registered plant traders must in relation to the activities and premises to which their registration relates comply with the following conditions:

(a) they must keep an accurate up to date plan of the premises;

(b) they must keep a record of relevant material purchased by them or brought onto the premises for storage, planting or production on those premises, and of relevant material under production on or dispatched from those premises;

(c) they must keep all documents, created or received by them, relating to the records kept under sub-paragraph (b), for at least one year from the date they created or received them;

(d) they must designate an individual (whether the registered plant trader or another) who is technically experienced in relation to the activities carried out on the premises and related plant health matters affecting the premises who shall be available to liaise with the Scottish Ministers in relation to matters arising under this Order;

(e) they must examine their premises and relevant material at such times and in a manner specified in guidelines issued from time to time by the Scottish Ministers;

(f) they must make a declaration at such time and in such form as the Scottish Ministers may from time to time require that they are able and willing to comply with the conditions specified in sub paragraphs (a) to (e); and

(g) they must comply with any other conditions which may be specified by the Scottish Ministers which the Scottish Ministers consider necessary to enable them to assess the presence of or spread of any plant pest on the premises by reason of the condition of those premises.

(2) Where the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that a registered plant trader has failed to comply with any of the conditions specified in paragraph (1) they may suspend the plant trader’s registration until they are satisfied that the plant trader is able and willing to comply with those conditions.