Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2020/293 United Kingdom

The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator9 Occupier1 Any Person1

Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Occupier — also bound by 235 other Acts
Highways Act 1980 23 duties
Any Person — also bound by 2340 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.007 Derogations to the requirement to give prior notification in accordance with Article 1(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1013 Regulated
  • Notify the Department of controlled consignment arrival timesOperator
s.010 Official measures in relation to non-compliant consignments or consignments which pose a risk to plant health Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Plant health inspector must serve notice on non-compliant consignmentsStatutory regulator
s.013 Transitional provision: approved places of inspection Regulated
  • Notify DAERA before shipping controlled plant goods to an approved inspection siteOperator
s.024 Notification requirements in relation to potatoes Regulated
  • Notify plant health inspector before bringing certain potatoes into Northern IrelandOperator
s.025 Notification requirements in relation to citrus fruits Regulated
  • Notify the Department before importing notifiable citrus fruitsOperator
s.026 Notification requirements in relation to other plants and plant products Regulated
  • Notify plant health inspector of certain plants and fuel wood brought into NIOperator
s.034 Recovery of expenses Regulated
  • Pay costs of official control measures on your plant consignmentOperator
49 other provisions — procedural and definitional
sch. 3 sch. 3
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation: general
s.003 Interpretation: EU Decisions
s.004 Measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of the EU Plant Health Regulation
s.005 Article 82 of the EU Plant Health Regulation: meaning of “close proximity”
s.006 Designation of competent authority
s.008 Suspicion of non-compliance
s.009 Consignments not correctly presented for official controls
s.011 Notices under Regulation 8, 9 or 10
s.012 Border control posts: authorisation of inspection centres and commercial storage facilities
s.014 Introduction
s.015 Notices in relation to controlled plant pests or prohibited material
s.016 Action which may be taken by a plant health inspector
s.017 Establishment of demarcated areas and measures to be taken in those areas
s.018 Temporary national measures relating to plant health
s.019 Applications for registration
s.020 Other applications
s.021 Authorisations for other purposes
s.022 Authorisations granted by the Department
s.023 Specific measures relating to certain solanaceous species
s.027 Interpretation
s.028 Powers of entry
s.029 Right of entry conferred by a warrant issued by a lay magistrate
s.030 Information notices
s.031 Failure to comply with a notice
s.032 Removal of ISPM 15 mark from wood packaging material
s.033 Marking of wood packaging material: power of seizure
s.035 Disclosure of information held by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
s.036 Disclosure of information
s.037 Appeal
s.038 Miscellaneous provisions as to notices
s.039 Service of notices
s.040 General
s.041 Failure to comply with requirements of notices etc.
s.042 Defence: reasonable excuse
s.043 Provision of false or misleading information
s.044 Improper use of plant passports, Northern Ireland plant health labels or certificates
s.045 Obstruction
s.046 Offence relating to the disclosure of information held by Revenue and Customs
s.047 Defence: lawful disclosure
s.048 Offences by bodies corporate
s.049 Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations
s.050 Penalties
s.051 Amendment of the Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995
s.052 Amendment of the Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
s.053 Amendment of the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
s.054 Amendment of the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
s.055 Revocation, transitional and saving provisions
Schedules

Schedules

6 of 48 shown
s.sch001 Notification and presentation of Schedule 1 consignments Regulated
  • Notify plant health entry and present goods for inspectionOperator
s.sch001 Measures to be taken on non-compliant Schedule 1 consignments Regulated
  • Store and comply with plant health inspector's notice for non-compliant importsOperator
s.sch002 Measures in relation to a contaminated place of production Regulated
  • Comply with eradication measures in a plant health inspector's notice for Potato ring rotAny Person
s.sch002 Official surveys and testing Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must survey Northern Ireland crops for Potato brown rot annuallyCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch002 Measures which may be required in relation to a contaminated place of production Regulated
  • Comply with eradication measures for Potato brown rot in a contaminated place of productionOccupier
s.sch002 Measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Commission Implementing Decision 2011/787/EC Regulated
  • Label Egyptian potatoes and use approved premises for processingOperator
42 other schedules
s.sch001 Interpretation
s.sch001 Consignments not correctly presented for official controls
s.sch001 Official controls to be performed on Schedule 1 consignments
s.sch001 Completion of official controls
s.sch001 Removal of Schedule 1 consignments from border control posts of arrival
s.sch001 Measures to be taken on Schedule 1 consignments
s.sch001 Notification of decisions to refuse the entry of a Schedule 1 consignment into Northern Ireland
s.sch001 Notices under this Part
s.sch001 Temporary measures in relation to
s.sch001 Temporary measures in relation to
s.sch001 Temporary measures in relation to
s.sch001 Exception for controlled material in transit
s.sch001 Temporary measures applying to the introduction of plants, plant products or other objects from another part of the Union territory
s.sch001 No person may introduce or move any plants, plant products...
s.sch001 (1) In this Part— “border control post” means a border...
s.sch001 Application of this Part
s.sch002 In this Schedule— “Directive 93/85/EEC” means Council Directive 93/85/EEC on...
s.sch002 Notices in relation to infested fields and contaminated susceptible material
s.sch002 Prohibition on the planting of potatoes in infested fields
s.sch002 Controls on contaminated seed potatoes etc.
s.sch002 Controls on potatoes for industrial processing or grading
s.sch002 Controls on contaminated bulbs etc.
s.sch002 Further investigations for the presence of Potato cyst nematodes
s.sch002 Interpretation
s.sch002 Official surveys and testing
s.sch002 Measures to be taken following the confirmation of the presence of Potato ring rot
s.sch002 Restrictions in relation to susceptible material or objects contaminated or possibly contaminated with Potato ring rot
s.sch002 General restrictions on the planting of potatoes
s.sch002 Additional measures applicable to a unit of protected crop production
s.sch002 Measures to be taken in demarcated zones for the control of Potato ring rot
s.sch002 In this Schedule— “certified seed potatoes” means pre-basic seed potatoes...
s.sch002 Measures to be taken following the confirmation of the presence of Potato brown rot
s.sch002 Restrictions in relation to susceptible material or objects contaminated or possibly contaminated with Potato brown rot
s.sch002 Additional measures in relation to units of protected crop production
s.sch002 Measures to be taken in demarcated zones for the control of Potato brown rot
s.sch002 Interpretation
s.sch002 Official measures relating to contaminated plots of land
s.sch002 Prohibition on the planting of potatoes on contaminated plots
s.sch002 Revocation of the demarcation of a contaminated plot
s.sch002 Interpretation
s.sch002 Official investigations and surveys
s.sch002 Official records of investigations and surveys

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