UK Statutory Instrument SI 2012/178 United Kingdom

The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Regulations 2012

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 1 of 7 obligations carry imprisonment (3 years). 2 carry different penalties and 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person4 Trader1

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

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties

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.003 General customs officials Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Customs officials must enforce European Regulations at HMRC-controlled sitesStatutory regulator
s.004 Translation into English Regulated
  • Provide an English translation of FLEGT licensesTrader
s.008 Obstruction of wildlife inspectors Prosecution
  • Obstruct or fail to assist a wildlife inspectorAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.010 Power to share information for enforcement purposes Imprisonment
  • Unlawfully disclose protected HMRC timber dataAny Person
s.012 Modification of penalties under the Act Imprisonment
  • Importing timber or wood products without a valid FLEGT licenceAny Person
s.013 Review Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must review FLEGT licensing regulationsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.fee for the verification of a flegt licence Fee for the verification of a FLEGT licence Regulated
  • Pay a fee when applying for FLEGT licence verificationAny Person
7 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Title, commencement and interpretation
s.002 Competent authority
s.005 Wildlife inspectors
s.006 Powers of entry
s.007 Further powers of wildlife inspectors
s.009 Seized timber products: recovery of costs
s.011 Penalties

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.