The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) (England and Scotland) Order 2016

Schedule 6 (prohibitions on the landing in and movement within Great Britain of relevant material without a plant passport)

14.  In Part A (relevant material, from another part of the European Union, which may only be landed or moved in Great Britain if accompanied by a plant passport) of Schedule 6(1)—

(a) after paragraph 1, insert—

“1A.   Susceptible wood or susceptible bark within the meaning of Article 1 of Decision 2012/535/EU, other than susceptible wood in the form of wood packaging material or susceptible wood in the form of beehives or bird nesting boxes which has been marked in accordance with Annex II to ISPM No. 15 by a person who has been authorised, in accordance with Article 14 of that Decision, to apply the mark to the material.

1B.   Specified wood within the meaning of Article 1(b) of Decision (EU) 2015/893 which originates in an area established in accordance with Article 7 of that Decision, or specified wood within the meaning of that Article which retains all or part of its round surface and which does not originate in, but has been introduced into, such an area.”;

(b) in paragraph 2, after “Abies Mill.,” insert “Castanea Mill.,”;

(c) omit paragraph 3;

(d) after paragraph 6, insert—

“7.   Trees of susceptible plants within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Decision 2002/757/EC, other than trees of Camellia spp. L., Rhododendron spp. L. or Viburnum spp. L., originating in the USA.

8.   Trees of susceptible plants within the meaning of Article 1(a) of Decision 2012/535/EU which originate in an area established in accordance with Article 5 of that Decision.

9.   Trees of specified plants within the meaning of Article 1(c) of Decision (EU) 2015/789 which have been grown for at least part of their life in an area established in accordance with Article 4 of that Decision or trees of host plants within the meaning of Article 1(b) of that Decision which have never been grown in such an area.

10.   Trees of specified plants within the meaning of Article 1(a) of Decision (EU) 2015/893, which originate in a third country in which Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) is known to be present or which originate, or have been introduced into a place of production, in an area established in accordance with Article 7 of that Decision.”.

(1)

Paragraph 2 was amended by S.I. 2006/2696 and 2008/644. Paragraph 3 was inserted by S.I. 2006/2696. Paragraph 6 was inserted by S.I. 2012/2707. There are other amendments to Part A of Schedule 6, but none is relevant.