3. In this Part—
“approved place of inspection” means a place which has been approved by the Secretary of State under article 17;
“area of plant health control”, in relation to notifiable relevant material which has been landed, means—
its point of entry; or
where the material has been moved under appropriate customs procedures to a designated area of plant health control or an approved place of inspection, the designated area of plant health control or the approved place of inspection;
[F1“Customs Code” means Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code;]
“designated area of plant health control” means a place close to a point of entry which has been designated as an area of plant health control by the Secretary of State and the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;
“notifiable relevant material” means any relevant material—
of a description specified in Part A of Schedule 5; or
of a description specified in Part B of Schedule 5 and which is—
specified in column 2 of Part C of Schedule 4;
listed in the second column of Annex II Part B and in the course of its consignment to a protected zone that is recognised as a protected zone for the plant pests specified in respect of that relevant material in the first column of Annex II Part B; or
listed in the first column of Annex IV Part B and in the course of its consignment to a protected zone that is recognised as a protected zone for the plant pests specified in respect of that relevant material in Annex IV Part B;
“official body of destination” has the same meaning as in Article 2(1)(l) of Directive 2000/29/EC;
“point of entry” means—
in the case of relevant material which arrives by air, the airport at which the material first arrives;
in the case of relevant material which arrives by maritime or fluvial transport, the port at which the material first arrives; or
in the case of relevant material which arrives by rail, the rail freight terminal at which the material first arrives;
“working day”, in relation to the notice requirements in articles 6(2)(c)(ii) and 16(3) and the period for which material may be detained under article 14(1), means a period of twenty-four hours which is not a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday in England under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 3 substituted (1.1.2018) by The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1220), arts. 1, 4
1971 c.80, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.