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The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019

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  1. Introductory TextNext Match

  2. PART 1 IntroductionPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 1.Citation, commencement, extent and applicationPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 2.Interpretation: generalPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 3.Interpretation: EU instruments relating to plant healthPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 4.Measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of the EU Plant Health RegulationPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 5.Article 82 of the EU Plant Health Regulation: meaning of “close proximity”Previous MatchNext Match

  3. PART 2 Competent authorities: plant healthPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 6.Designation of competent authoritiesPrevious MatchNext Match

  4. PART 3 Official controls on controlled consignments from third countries and other official controls on goods from third countriesPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 7.Derogations to the requirement to give prior notification in accordance with Article 1(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1013Previous MatchNext Match

    2. 8.Suspicion of non-compliancePrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 9.Consignments not correctly presented for official controlsPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 10.Official measures in relation to non-compliant consignments or consignments which pose a risk to plant healthPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 11.Notices under regulation 8, 9 or10Previous MatchNext Match

    6. 12.Border control posts: authorisation of inspection centres and commercial storage facilitiesPrevious MatchNext Match

    7. 13.Transitional provision: approved places of inspectionPrevious MatchNext Match

  5. PART 4 Official activities to prevent the establishment or spread of plant pestsPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 14.IntroductionPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 15.Notices in relation to controlled plant pests or prohibited materialPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 16.Action which may be taken by a plant health inspectorPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 17.Establishment of demarcated areas and measures to be taken in those areasPrevious MatchNext Match

  6. PART 5 Temporary national measures relating to plant healthPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 18.Schedule 1Previous MatchNext Match

  7. PART 6 Registration, authorisations and certificates relating to plant healthPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 19.Applications for registrationPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 20.Other applicationsPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 21.Authorisations for other purposesPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 22.Authorisations granted by an appropriate authorityPrevious MatchNext Match

  8. PART 7 Measures relating to certain solanaceous speciesPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 23.Schedule 2Previous MatchNext Match

  9. PART 8 Notification requirements: plant healthPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 24.Notification requirements in relation to seed potatoesPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 25.Notification requirements in relation to citrus fruitsPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 26.Notification requirements in relation to other plants and plant productsPrevious MatchNext Match

  10. PART 9 General powers of plant health inspectors and enforcementPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 27.InterpretationPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 28.Powers of entryPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 29.Right of entry conferred by a warrant issued by a justice of the peacePrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 30.Information noticesPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 31.Failure to comply with a noticePrevious MatchNext Match

    6. 32.Removal of ISPM 15 mark from wood packaging materialPrevious MatchNext Match

    7. 33.Marking of wood packaging material: power of seizurePrevious MatchNext Match

    8. 34.Disclosure of information held by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and CustomsPrevious MatchNext Match

    9. 35.Disclosure of information to other competent authoritiesPrevious MatchNext Match

  11. PART 10 General and supplemental provisions relating to plant health noticesPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 36.Miscellaneous provisions as to noticesPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 37.Service of noticesPrevious MatchNext Match

  12. PART 11 Offences relating to plant health legislationPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 38.GeneralPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 39.Failure to comply with requirements of notices etc.Previous MatchNext Match

    3. 40.Defence: reasonable excusePrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 41.Provision of false or misleading informationPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 42.Improper use of ... plant passports , Northern Ireland plant health labels or certificatesPrevious MatchNext Match

    6. 43.ObstructionPrevious MatchNext Match

    7. 44.Offence relating to the disclosure of information held by Revenue and CustomsPrevious MatchNext Match

    8. 45.Defence: lawful disclosurePrevious MatchNext Match

    9. 46.Offences by bodies corporatePrevious MatchNext Match

    10. 47.Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associationsPrevious MatchNext Match

    11. 48.PenaltiesPrevious MatchNext Match

  13. PART 11A Civil SanctionsPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 48A.Civil sanctionsPrevious MatchNext Match

  14. PART 12 Miscellaneous: plant healthPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 49.Minor and consequential amendmentsPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 50.Revocation of plant health instrumentsPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 51.Transitional provisions: licences under article 39(1) of the 2005 Order or article 41(1) of the 2015 OrderPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 52.Transitional provisions: other licences under the 2005 Order or the 2015 OrderPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 53.Transitional provisions: noticesPrevious MatchNext Match

    6. 54.Transitional provisions: approvals granted under article 17(1) of the 2005 Order or the 2015 OrderPrevious MatchNext Match

  15. PART 13 Official controls in relation to genetically modified organismsPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 55.Amendment to secondary legislation on official controls in relation to genetically modified organismsPrevious MatchNext Match

  16. PART 14 ReviewPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 56.ReviewPrevious MatchNext Match

  17. SignaturePrevious MatchNext Match

    1. SCHEDULE 1Previous MatchNext Match

      Temporary national measuresPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 1.InterpretationPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. PART 1 Plants, plant products or other objects from third countriesPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 2.Temporary measures applying to the introduction of plants, plant products or other objects from third countriesPrevious MatchNext Match

        2. 2A.. . . . . . . . . ....Previous MatchNext Match

        3. 2B.Temporary measures in relation to Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmiPrevious MatchNext Match

        4. 2C.Temporary measures in relation to Agrilus planipennis FairmairePrevious MatchNext Match

        5. 2D.National measures in relation to Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.)Previous MatchNext Match

        6. 2E.. . . . . . . . . ....Previous MatchNext Match

        7. 2F.Exception for controlled material in transitPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. PART 2 Plants, plant products or other objects from another part of the Union territoryPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 3.Temporary measures applying to the introduction of plants, plant products or other objects from another part of the Union territoryPrevious MatchNext Match

        2. 3A.. . . . . . . . . ....Previous MatchNext Match

        3. 4.. . . . . . . . . ....Previous MatchNext Match

      4. PART 3 Official controls on consignments from third countriesPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 5.. . . . . . . . . ....Previous MatchNext Match

        2. 6.Application of this PartPrevious MatchNext Match

        3. 7.Notification and presentation of Schedule 1 consignmentsPrevious MatchNext Match

        4. 8.Consignments not correctly presented for official controlsPrevious MatchNext Match

        5. 9.Official controls to be performed on Schedule 1 consignmentsPrevious MatchNext Match

        6. 10.Completion of official controlsPrevious MatchNext Match

        7. 11.Removal of Schedule 1 consignments from border control posts of arrivalPrevious MatchNext Match

        8. 12.Measures to be taken on non-compliant Schedule 1 consignmentsPrevious MatchNext Match

        9. 13.Measures to be taken on Schedule 1 consignmentsPrevious MatchNext Match

        10. 14.Notification of decisions to refuse the entry of a Schedule 1 consignment into EnglandPrevious MatchNext Match

        11. 15.Notices under this PartPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. SCHEDULE 2Previous MatchNext Match

      1. PART 1 General interpretationPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 1.In this Schedule— . . . . . . ....Previous MatchNext Match

      2. PART 2 General provisions relating to the planting of certain solanaceous speciesPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 2.General restrictions on the planting of potatoesPrevious MatchNext Match

        2. 3.Restrictions on the planting of potatoes in the protected regionPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. PART 3 Measures for the control of Potato wart diseasePrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 4.InterpretationPrevious MatchNext Match

        2. 5.Official measures relating to contaminated plots of landPrevious MatchNext Match

        3. 6.Prohibition on the planting of potatoes on contaminated plotsPrevious MatchNext Match

        4. 7.Revocation of the demarcation of a contaminated plotPrevious MatchNext Match

      4. PART 4 Measures for the control of European populations of Potato cyst nematodePrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 8.InterpretationPrevious MatchNext Match

        2. 8A.Official testingPrevious MatchNext Match

        3. 9.Official investigations and surveysPrevious MatchNext Match

        4. 10.Official records of investigations and surveysPrevious MatchNext Match

        5. 11.Notices in relation to infested fields and contaminated susceptible materialPrevious MatchNext Match

        6. 12.Prohibition on the planting of potatoes in infested fieldsPrevious MatchNext Match

        7. 13.Suppression of Potato cyst nematodesPrevious MatchNext Match

        8. 14.Controls on contaminated seed potatoes etc.Previous MatchNext Match

        9. 15.Controls on potatoes for industrial processing or gradingPrevious MatchNext Match

        10. 16.Controls on contaminated bulbs etc.Previous MatchNext Match

        11. 17.Further investigations for the presence of Potato cyst nematodesPrevious MatchNext Match

      5. PART 5 Measures for the control of Potato ring rotPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 18.InterpretationPrevious MatchNext Match

        2. 19.Official surveys and testingPrevious MatchNext Match

        3. 20.Measures to be taken following the confirmation of the presence of Potato ring rotPrevious MatchNext Match

        4. 21.Restrictions in relation to susceptible material or objects contaminated or possibly contaminated with Potato ring rotPrevious MatchNext Match

        5. 22.Measures in relation to a contaminated place of productionPrevious MatchNext Match

        6. 23.Additional measures applicable to a unit of protected crop productionPrevious MatchNext Match

        7. 24.Measures to be taken in demarcated zones for the control of Potato ring rotPrevious MatchNext Match

      6. PART 6 Measures for the control of Potato brown rotPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 25.In this Schedule— “certified seed potatoes” means pre-basic seed potatoes,...Previous MatchNext Match

        2. 26.Official surveys and testingPrevious MatchNext Match

        3. 27.Measures to be taken following the confirmation of the presence of Potato brown rotPrevious MatchNext Match

        4. 28.Restrictions in relation to susceptible material or objects contaminated or possibly contaminated with Potato brown rotPrevious MatchNext Match

        5. 29.Measures which may be required in relation to a contaminated place of productionPrevious MatchNext Match

        6. 30.Additional measures in relation to units of protected crop productionPrevious MatchNext Match

        7. 31.Measures to be taken in demarcated zones for the control of Potato brown rotPrevious MatchNext Match

      7. PART 7 Measures relating to Egyptian potatoesPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 32.Additional measures relating to Egyptian potatoesPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. SCHEDULE 3Previous MatchNext Match

      Offences: relevant provisions in retained direct EU legislationPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. PART 1 The ... Plant Health RegulationPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. PART 2 The Officials Control RegulationPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. PART 3 Other EU legislationPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. SCHEDULE 3APrevious MatchNext Match

      Offences: relevant offences in the Windsor Framework (Plant Health) Regulations 2023Previous MatchNext Match

    5. SCHEDULE 4Previous MatchNext Match

      Offences relating to EU emergency decisionsPrevious MatchNext Match

    6. SCHEDULE 4APrevious MatchNext Match

      Civil sanctionsPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. PART 1 Power to impose civil sanctionsPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 1.Compliance noticePrevious MatchNext Match

        2. 2.Restoration noticePrevious MatchNext Match

        3. 3.Imposition of a fixed monetary penaltyPrevious MatchNext Match

        4. 4.Imposition of a variable monetary penaltyPrevious MatchNext Match

        5. 5.Notice of intentPrevious MatchNext Match

        6. 6.Combination of penaltiesPrevious MatchNext Match

        7. 7.Discharge of liability – fixed monetary penaltiesPrevious MatchNext Match

        8. 8.Making representations and objectionsPrevious MatchNext Match

        9. 9.Third party undertakingsPrevious MatchNext Match

        10. 10.Final noticePrevious MatchNext Match

        11. 11.Contents of final notice: compliance and restoration noticesPrevious MatchNext Match

        12. 12.Contents of final notice: fixed and variable monetary penaltiesPrevious MatchNext Match

        13. 13.Fixed monetary penalty: discount for early paymentPrevious MatchNext Match

        14. 14.Appeals against a final noticePrevious MatchNext Match

        15. 15.Fixed monetary penalty: non-payment within the stated payment periodPrevious MatchNext Match

        16. 16.Criminal proceedingsPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. PART 2 Previous MatchNext Match

        1. Stop notices Previous MatchNext Match

          1. 17.Stop noticesPrevious MatchNext Match

          2. 18.Contents of a stop noticePrevious MatchNext Match

          3. 19.AppealsPrevious MatchNext Match

          4. 20.Completion certificatesPrevious MatchNext Match

          5. 21.CompensationPrevious MatchNext Match

          6. 22.OffencesPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. PART 3 Previous MatchNext Match

        1. Enforcement undertakings Previous MatchNext Match

          1. 23.Enforcement undertakingsPrevious MatchNext Match

          2. 24.Contents of an enforcement undertakingPrevious MatchNext Match

          3. 25.Acceptance of an enforcement undertakingPrevious MatchNext Match

          4. 26.Discharge of an enforcement undertakingPrevious MatchNext Match

          5. 27.Inaccurate, incomplete or misleading informationPrevious MatchNext Match

          6. 28.Non-compliance with an enforcement undertakingPrevious MatchNext Match

      4. PART 4 Previous MatchNext Match

        1. Non-compliance penalties Previous MatchNext Match

          1. 29.Non-compliance penaltiesPrevious MatchNext Match

          2. 30.AppealsPrevious MatchNext Match

      5. PART 5 Previous MatchNext Match

        1. Withdrawal and amendment of notices Previous MatchNext Match

          1. 31.Withdrawing or amending a noticePrevious MatchNext Match

      6. PART 6 Previous MatchNext Match

        1. Cost recovery Previous MatchNext Match

          1. 32.Recovery of enforcement costsPrevious MatchNext Match

      7. PART 7 Previous MatchNext Match

        1. Appeals Previous MatchNext Match

          1. 33.AppealsPrevious MatchNext Match

      8. PART 8 Previous MatchNext Match

        1. Guidance and publicity Previous MatchNext Match

          1. 34.Guidance as to the use of civil sanctionsPrevious MatchNext Match

          2. 35.Consultation on guidancePrevious MatchNext Match

          3. 36.Publication of enforcement actionPrevious MatchNext Match

    7. SCHEDULE 5Previous MatchNext Match

      Amendments to secondary legislation relating the marketing of seeds and plant propagating material and plant health feesPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. PART 1 The Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations 1995Previous MatchNext Match

        1. 1.(1) The Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations 1995 are...Previous MatchNext Match

      2. PART 2 The Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material Regulations 1999Previous MatchNext Match

        1. 2.(1) The Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material Regulations 1999...Previous MatchNext Match

      3. PART 3 The Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002Previous MatchNext Match

        1. 3.(1) The Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002 are...Previous MatchNext Match

      4. PART 4 The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015Previous MatchNext Match

        1. 4.(1) The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015 are amended as...Previous MatchNext Match

      5. PART 5 The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015Previous MatchNext Match

        1. 5.(1) The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (England and Scotland) Regulations...Previous MatchNext Match

      6. PART 6 The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2017Previous MatchNext Match

        1. 6.(1) The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England)...Previous MatchNext Match

    8. SCHEDULE 6Previous MatchNext Match

      Revocation of instrumentsPrevious MatchNext Match

  19. Explanatory NotePrevious Match

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