Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2017/119 United Kingdom

The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Distributor25 Manufacturer2

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Distributor — also bound by 182 other Acts
Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.010 Labels, sealing and packaging certified plant material Regulated
  • Label, seal and package certified plant material correctlyDistributor
s.011 Registration of suppliers Regulated
  • Register with the Department before supplying fruit plant material to professional customersDistributor
s.013 Register of suppliers Regulated
  • Notify the Department of changes to your supplier registration detailsDistributor
s.014 Supplier's duties: identification and monitoring during production process Regulated
  • Identify and monitor critical production points with a written planDistributor
s.014 Suppliers: notification requirements Regulated
  • Immediately report certain pests and comply with inspector's measuresDistributor
s.015 Supplier's duties: record keeping Regulated
  • Keep detailed records of fruit plant material and production activitiesDistributor
25 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation; general
s.003 Interpretation: European Union instruments
s.004 Plant material to which these Regulations apply
s.005 Marketing of plant material
s.006 Exemption in respect of the marketing of plant material intended for trials etc.
s.007 Varieties that may be marketed
s.008 References to variety of plant material
s.009 Certification of plant material
s.012 Review
s.016 Register of varieties
s.017 Powers of Entry
s.018 Search and examination
s.019 Information notice
s.020 Prohibition on movement
s.021 Enforcement and prohibition notices
s.022 Appeals against enforcement notices etc.
s.023 Compliance with notices
s.024 Offences and penalties
s.025 Notices etc.
s.026 Arrangements for official measures
s.027 Transitional provisions for plant material from parent plant existing pre-commencement
s.027 Transitional provision for supplier’s documents affixed to CAC material
s.027 Transitional provision for official labels on exit day
s.028 Revocation
Schedules

Schedules

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s.sch001 Conditions for CAC material (other than rootstocks not belonging to a variety) Regulated
  • Only market CAC fruit plant material that meets specified quality and health standardsDistributor
s.sch001 Rootstocks not belonging to a variety Regulated
  • Market CAC rootstocks only if true to species and free from defectsDistributor
s.sch001 Trueness to the description of the variety Regulated
  • Verify that CAC material matches its variety descriptionDistributor
s.sch001 Health requirements: CAC material Regulated
  • Inspect, sample and test CAC material for regulated pestsDistributor
s.sch001 Requirements concerning production site Regulated
  • Produce CAC fruit plant material only from compliant production sitesManufacturer
s.sch002 A supplier's document must— (a) contain the statement “UK rules... Regulated
  • Include required statements and particulars in supplier's documentDistributor
s.sch002 The information and particulars required in a supplier's document must... Regulated
  • Ensure supplier documents are visible, legible and in EnglishDistributor
s.sch005 Health requirements: pre-basic material and pre-basic mother plants Regulated
  • Ensure pre-basic plants are free from RNQPs and cooperate with inspectionDistributor
s.sch005 Requirements concerning defects likely to impair quality Regulated
  • Ensure pre-basic fruit plant material is practically free from defectsDistributor
s.sch005 Requirements concerning production site Regulated
  • Ensure production site meets pre-basic material requirementsManufacturer
s.sch005 Requirements concerning multiplication, renewal and propagation of pre-basic mother plants Regulated
  • Multiply, renew and propagate pre-basic mother plants using approved protocolsDistributor
s.sch005 Propagating material (other than mother plants and other than rootstocks not belonging to a variety) Regulated
  • Remove or remediate non-compliant basic mother plants or materialDistributor
s.sch005 Rootstock not belonging to a variety Regulated
  • Remove or restore non-compliant rootstockDistributor
s.sch005 Health requirements: basic mother plant or basic material Regulated
  • Ensure basic mother plants are free from RNQPs and tested when neededDistributor
s.sch005 Official inspections Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Inspectors must check supplier methods, staff competence and keep records during official inspectionsStatutory regulator
s.sch005 Propagating material (other than mother plants) and fruit plants Regulated
  • Remove or rectify non-compliant certified plant materialDistributor
s.sch005 Rootstock not belonging to a variety Regulated
  • Remove non-compliant rootstock or take corrective measuresDistributor
s.sch005 Health requirements: certified material Regulated
  • Ensure certified fruit plants are free from declared pests (RNQPs)Distributor
s.sch005 Propagating material (other than mother plants and rootstocks) Regulated
  • Remove or rectify non-compliant pre-basic plant materialDistributor
s.sch005 Rootstocks not belonging to a variety Regulated
  • Supplier must remove or rectify non-compliant pre-basic rootstocksDistributor
s.sch005 Verification of trueness to the description of the variety Regulated
  • Verify trueness of pre-basic mother plants and material to variety descriptionDistributor
s.sch005 Maintenance requirements: pre-basic material and pre-basic mother plants Regulated
  • Maintain pre-basic mother plants and material under insect-proof and traceable conditionsDistributor
27 other schedules
s.sch001 Defects: CAC material
s.sch002 An official label used in relation to pre-basic material must...
s.sch002 An official label used in relation to basic material must...
s.sch002 An official label used in relation to certified material must...
s.sch002 An official label must— (a) contain the statement “ UK...
s.sch002 The information and particulars required on an official label must...
s.sch002 A supplier’s document affixed to CAC material in the form...
s.sch003 Registration
s.sch003 Stability
s.sch003 Interpretation
s.sch003 Application for registration with an official description
s.sch003 Growing trials
s.sch003 Duration and renewal of acceptance
s.sch003 Removal from register
s.sch003 Additional requirements for genetically modified varieties
s.sch003 Additional requirements for products to be used as genetically modified food or feed
s.sch003 Distinctness
s.sch003 Uniformity
s.sch005 Interpretation
s.sch005 Soil requirements
s.sch005 Soil requirements: basic material
s.sch005 Maintenance of basic mother plants and basic material
s.sch005 Conditions for multiplication
s.sch005 Soil requirements: certified mother plants and certified material
s.sch005 Requirements for the acceptance of a pre-basic mother plant
s.sch005 Requirements for the acceptance of a rootstock not belonging to a variety
s.sch005 Health requirements: candidate pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic mother plants produced by renewal

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