Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1995

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1995/1989
Year1995

1995 No. 1989

PLANT HEALTH

The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1995

Made 14th July 1995

Laid before Parliament 1st August 1995

Coming into force 21th August 1995

The Forestry Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 and 3 of the Plant Health Act 19671and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

S-1 Title and commencement

Title and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 21st August 1995.

S-2 Amendment of the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993

Amendment of the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993

2.—(1) The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 19932shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(2) In article 16(1) (conditions for registration) there shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (g) the following sub-paragraph—

“(h)

“(h) he shall make a declaration at such time and in such form as the Commissioners may from time to time require that he is able and willing to comply with the conditions specified in the above sub-paragraphs and with the other provisions of this Order.”

(3) After article 19 there shall be inserted the following article—

S-19A

Notification of landing of relevant material, consigned directly from third countries, whose landing in Great Britain is subject to special conditions

19A.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall land in Great Britain any relevant material of a description specified in column 2 of Part A of Schedule 4 unless he has notified an inspector of his intention to land that relevant material and of the proposed means of introduction and point of entry at least three days before the intended date of landing.

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply to items 11 to 19 of Part A of Schedule 4.”.

(4) For Part B of Schedule 5 there shall be substituted the contents of the Schedule to this Order.

T J D Rollinson

Secretary to the Forestry Commissioners

SCHEDULE

Article 2(4)

SCHEDULE

PART B

RELEVANT MATERIAL WHOSE CONSIGNMENT TO A PROTECTED ZONE OUTSIDE GREAT BRITAIN IS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Item

Description of relevant material

Conditions of consignment

Protected zone(s)

Plant passport required

1.

Wood of conifers (Coniferales), retaining any bark, other than wood actually in use as dunnage

Without prejudice to the other conditions applicable to the wood under this Part in relation to the same protected zone or zones:

(a) the wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in areas known to be free fromDendroctonus micans Kugelann; or

(b) there shall be evidence by a mark “Kiln-dried”, “K.D.” or another internationally recognised mark, put on the wood or on its packaging in accordance with current commercial usage, that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule

Greece, Ireland, Spain, Northern Ireland, Jersey and the Isle of Man

Yes

2.

Wood of conifers (Coniferales), retaining any bark, other than wood actually in use as dunnage

Without prejudice to the other conditions applicable to the wood under this Part in relation to the same protected zone or zones

(a) the wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in areas known to be free fromIps duplicatus Sahlberg; or

(b) there shall be evidence by a mark “Kiln-dried”, “K.D.” or another internationally recognised mark, put on the wood or on its packaging in accordance with current commercial usage, that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule

Greece, Ireland, Spain, Northern Ireland, Jersey and the Isle of Man

Yes

3.

Wood of conifers (Coniferales), retaining any bark, other than wood actually in use as dunnage

Without prejudice to the other conditions applicable to the wood under this Part in relation to the same protected zone or zones:

(a) the wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in areas known to be free fromIps typographus Heer, or

(b) there shall be evidence by a mark “Kiln-dried”, “K.D.” or another internationally recognised mark, put on the wood or on its packaging in accordance with current commercial usage, that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule

Greece, Ireland, Spain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

Yes

4.

Wood of conifers (Coniferales), retaining any bark, other than wood actually in use as dunnage

Without prejudice to the other conditions applicable to the wood under this Part in relation to the same protected zone or zones:

(a) the wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in areas known to be free fromIps amitinusEichhoff; or

(b) there shall be evidence by a mark “Kiln-dried”, “K.D.” or another internationally recognised mark, put on the wood or on its packaging in accordance with current commercial usage, that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule

France (Corsica), Greece, Ireland, Spain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

Yes

5.

Wood of conifers (Coniferales), retaining any bark, other than wood actually in use as dunnage

Without prejudice to the other conditions applicable to the wood under this Part in relation to the same protected zone or zones:

(a) the wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in areas known to be free fromIps cembraeHeer; or

(b) there shall be evidence by a mark “Kiln-dried”, “K.D.” or another internationally recognised mark, put on the wood or on its packaging in accordance with current commercial usage, that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule

Greece, Ireland, Spain, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man

Yes

6.

Wood of conifers (Coniferales), retaining any bark, other than wood actually in use as dunnage

Without prejudice to the other conditions applicable to the wood under this Part in relation to the same protected zone or zones:

(a) the wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in areas known to be free fromIps sexdentatusBoerner; or

(b) there shall be evidence by a mark “Kiln-dried”, “K.D.” or another internationally recognised mark, put on the wood or on its packaging in accordance with current commercial usage, that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule

Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man

Yes

7.

Wood of conifers (Coniferales), retaining any bark, other than wood actually in use as dunnage

Without prejudice to the other conditions applicable to the wood under this Part in relation to the same protected zone or zones:

(a) the wood shall be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in areas known to be free fromPissodes spp. (European); or

(b) there shall be evidence by a mark “Kiln-dried”, “K.D.” or another internationally recognised mark, put on the wood or on its packaging in accordance with current commercial usage, that it has undergone kiln-drying to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a percentage of dry matter, at time of manufacture, achieved through an appropriate time/temperature schedule

Ireland, Northern Ireland, Jersey and the Isle of Man

Yes

8.

Wood of conifers (Coniferales), retaining any bark, other than wood actually in use as dunnage

Without prejudice to the other conditions applicable to the wood under this Part in relation to the same...

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