The Plant Health (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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75.  In article 12—

(a)at the beginning insert—

(A1) This article applies to any notifiable relevant material, other than notified EU material, which is brought into a point of entry that it is located in England and is not in the course of its consignment to an approved place of inspection in another UK territory.;

(b)in paragraph (1)—

(i)in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “area of plant health control” substitute “point of entry, designated area of plant health control or approved place of inspection in England”;

(ii)for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

(a)the material meets the prescribed requirements;;

(iii)omit sub-paragraphs (b) to (g);

(iv)in sub-paragraph (h), at the end insert “which accompanied the material on entry”;

(v)in sub-paragraph (i), for the words from “phytosanitary”, in the first place it occurs, to the end substitute “correct phytosanitary certificate”;

(c)in paragraph (2), omit “to (g)”;

(d)omit paragraphs (4) and (5);

(e)in paragraph (6)—

(i)in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “area of plant health control” substitute “its point of entry, designated area of plant health control or approved place of inspection”;

(ii)for the words “the date on which the certificate was delivered in accordance with article 9(1)” substitute “date it”;

(iii), omit sub-paragraph (b) and the preceding “; and”;

(f)in paragraph (7), for “a plant health check” substitute “an examination under paragraph (2)”;

(g)in paragraph (8)(b), for “has the same meaning as in Article 2(1)(o) of Directive 2000/29/EC” substitute “means a number of units of a single commodity, identifiable by its homogeneity of composition and origin, which form part of a consignment”.