The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2019/1517 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 14th January 2020.(2) They extend to England and Wales and apply in relation to England only.(1) In these Regulations—
- “the 2005 Order” means the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 ;
- “the 2015 Order” means the Plant Health (England) Order 2015 ;
- “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State or the Forestry Commissioners, and is to be construed in accordance with regulation 6;
- “commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;
- “controlled consignment” means a consignment containing any plant, plant product or other object—
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(a) which may not be brought into F63Great Britain without a phytosanitary certificate for export or a phytosanitary certificate for re-export pursuant to—
- (i) Article 72 or 74 of the ... Plant Health Regulation;
- (ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (iii) any other ... plant health rule, other than Article 73 of the ... Plant Health Regulation; or
- (b) which was exported from F63Great Britain to a third country and is returning to F63Great Britain following the refusal by that third country to allow its entry into the country;
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(a) which may not be brought into F63Great Britain without a phytosanitary certificate for export or a phytosanitary certificate for re-export pursuant to—
- “controlled plant pest” means—
- (a) a plant pest of a description specified in Annex 2, F672A, 3 or 4 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation;
- (b)
- (c) a plant pest subject to any other ... plant health ruleF45, including a potential quarantine plant pest within the meaning given in regulation 21(3) ;
- “Council Directive 2000/29/EC” means Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- “EU Plant Health Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants F71as it has effect in EU law; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- “ISPM 15” means International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 of March 2002 on Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade, prepared by the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations ;
- “Official Controls Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, insofar as it applies to...
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