2021 No. 710 (W. 180)
The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Made
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 and paragraphs 21(a) and (b) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 20181.
A draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by Senedd Cymru in accordance with paragraph 1(8) of Schedule 7 to that Act2.
Title and commencement1
The title of these regulations is the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and they come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
Amendment to the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Wales) Regulations 2019
2
1
The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Wales) Regulations 20193 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2, after the definition of “plant passport authority”, insert—
“professional operator” means any person, governed by public or private law, involved professionally in, and legally responsible for, one or more of the following activities concerning plants, plant products and other objects—
- a
planting;
- b
breeding;
- c
production, including growing, multiplying and maintaining;
- d
introduction into, and movement within and out of Northern Ireland;
- e
making available on the market;
- f
storage, collection, dispatching and processing;
3
In regulation 3—
a
in paragraph (5A), at the beginning, insert “Subject to paragraph (5C),”;
b
after paragraph (5B), insert—
5C
The fee specified in Schedule 4A is not payable in respect of a consignment to be transported to Northern Ireland—
a
by a person acting otherwise than in the course of a business, where the consignment is not to be placed on the market; or
b
for delivery to—
i
a professional operator whose principal place of business is in Northern Ireland; or
ii
any person resident in Northern Ireland, where the consignment is not to be placed on the market or used for the purposes of any business.
5D
Paragraph (5C) ceases to have effect at the end of 31 December 2022.
3
In the table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 in relation to item 2 (Wood (other than wood in the form of isolated bark, wood shavings, wood chips or sawdust)) in the third column (unit);
1
replace “25000kg with “100m³”; and
2
replace “1000kg” with “m³”.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)