7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall carry on business as a supplier unless he is registered as such by the Minister.
(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply to a supplier marketing only to persons who are not professionally engaged in the production or sale of ornamental plants or propagating material.
(3) An application for registration as a supplier shall be made in writing and shall be accompanied by the following information–
(a)the name of the applicant;
(b)the address of the main premises at which the applicant carries on or intends to carry on business as a supplier;
(c)the activities which the applicant carries on or intends to carry on which are or will be covered by these Regulations.
[F1(4) Registration of a supplier on the register of professional operators for the purposes of the EU Plant Health Regulation is deemed to constitute registration for the purposes of paragraph (1) above.]
(5) A supplier registered in accordance with this regulation shall keep records of his sales and purchases of propagating material and shall retain them for a period of not less than 12 months.
Extent Information
E1This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 7(4) substituted (E.) (14.1.2020) by The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1517), reg. 1, Sch. 5 para. 2(4) and (W.) (27.3.2020) by The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/206), reg. 1, Sch. 5 para. 2(4)