PART 4N.I.The Forest Reproductive Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

17.  In regulation 2—

(a)in paragraph (2)—

(i)after the definition of “approved basic material”, insert—

““approved non-EU third countries” means the countries and territories listed in Part 1A of Schedule 13;”;

(ii)after the definition of “collecting”, insert—

““the Commissioners” has the same meaning given in the GB Regulations;”;

(iii)omit the definition of “Council Decision 2008/971/EC”;

(iv)omit the definition of “EC classification”;

(v)omit the definition of “EU-approved third countries”;

(vi)in the definition of “genetically modified organism”, for the words from “Article 2(1)” to the end, substitute “Article 3 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 M1;

(vii)after the definition of “genetically modified organism”, insert—

““the GB Regulations” means the Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002 M2;”;

(viii)in the definition of “Master Certificate”—

(aa)in paragraph (b), for “official body for Great Britain” to the end, substitute “ the Commissioners in accordance with regulation 13 of the GB Regulations ”;

(bb)in paragraph (d), for “ EU-approved”, substitute “ approved non-EU ”, and for the words from “a relevant” to the end, substitute “ the Commissioners in accordance with the GB Regulations ”;

(ix)in paragraph (e), for “an official body of a member State”, substitute “ by a permitted third country authority ”;

(x)omit the definition of “the Mediterranean climatic region”;

(xi)in the definition of “official body”—

(aa)omit paragraph (b);

(bb)in paragraph (c), after “in relation to”, insert “ an approved non-EU third country or ”;

(xii)omit the definition of “plant passport”;

(xiii)in the definition of “region of provenance”, for “in accordance with Article 9 of the Directive by another official body”, substitute “pursuant to regulation 5 of the GB Regulations by the Commissioners;

(xiv)for the definition of “third countries”, substitute—

““third country” means a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;”;

(b)omit paragraphs (4A) to (6).

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 17 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 1991 No.1714 (N.I.19).