Amendment of the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993

6.  After article 8 there shall be inserted the following article—

“Exceptions from the requirements for plant passports

8A.— (1) Where a person moves through a protected zone described in column 2 of Part B of Schedule 2 to a destination outside that protected zone any relevant material of a description specified in column 3 of that Part opposite the reference to that protected zone, he shall not be required to produce a plant passport valid for that protected zone, provided that—

(a) the relevant material originates in that protected zone; or

(b) the conditions set out in paragraph (2) below are satisfied.

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1)(b) above are as follows:

(a) any substance used for the packaging of the relevant material and any vehicle used in connection with the transit of the relevant material through the protected zone shall—

(i) be free of soil and plant debris;

(ii) be free from any tree pest of a description specified in column 4 of Part B of Schedule 2 opposite the reference to the relevant material;

(iii) be of such a nature or construction as to ensure that, if any such tree pest is present in the relevant material, there is no risk of its spreading from the packaging or the vehicle as the case may be; and

(iv) be sealed immediately after packaging or loading, as the case may be, and remain sealed during transit through the protected zone; and

(b) during transit through the protected zone, the relevant material shall be accompanied by a document of a type normally used for trade purposes which certifies that the relevant material originates outside the protected zone and is in transit to a final destination outside the protected zone.”.