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

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

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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 Scotland from a third country in contravention of [F1a] plant health rule,

(b)any controlled consignment or regulated item which has been brought into Scotland from a third country and which does not otherwise comply with [F2a] plant health rule, or

(c)any consignment which has been brought into Scotland from a third country and which, in the opinion of a plant health inspector, poses a risk to plant health in Scotland or to any other part of [F3Great Britain].

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