The Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Offences

4.—(1) The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019(1) have effect in relation to specified goods entering Great Britain from a relevant third country during the transitional staging period, subject to the following modifications.

(2) In regulation 2, after the definition of “Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation”, insert—

““place of destination” in relation to any specified goods, means the first place where the goods are delivered for unloading in Great Britain, and for this purpose “specified goods” means plants, plant products and other objects specified in the Schedule to the Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2021(2);”.

(3) In Schedule 3, in Part 2—

(a) in the entry relating to Article 47(5), in the second column, at the end insert “or place of destination or, where required, any other place specified in Article 44(3)”;

(b) in the entry relating to Article 50(1), in the second column, at the end insert “or place of destination or, where required, any other place specified in Article 44(3)”;

(c) after the entry relating to Article 56(4)—

(i) in the first column, insert “Article 56A”;

(ii) in the second column, insert—

“During the transitional staging period, requires the operators of relevant goods from a relevant third country, to give prior notification to the relevant competent authority before the expected time of arrival of the goods at a point of entry in Great Britain.”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/1517 amended by S.I. 2020/1482, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(2)

S.I. 2021/136.