The Forestry (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019

22.  After article 16 insert—

“Requirements to be met by relevant material destined for an approved place of inspection: Scotland

16B.— (1) This article applies to notifiable relevant material, other than notified EU material, which is destined for an approved place of inspection.

(2) Any relevant material to which this article applies may not be moved within Scotland unless—

(a) it is accompanied by a copy of the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export which accompanied the material on its entry into the United Kingdom;

(b) its packaging and the vehicle in which it is transported is sealed in such a way that there is no risk of the relevant material causing infestation, infection or contamination or a change occurring in the identity of the material or, where the material is destined for an approved place of inspection in Scotland, its movement has been otherwise authorised by the Scottish Ministers.

(3) The importer of any relevant material which is destined for an approved place of inspection in Scotland must give the Scottish Ministers notice of the following particulars no later than three working days before the material is brought into the United Kingdom—

(a) the name, address and location of the approved place of inspection to which the relevant material is destined;

(b) the scheduled date and time of arrival of the relevant material at the approved place of inspection;

(c) the name, address and registration number of the importer;

(d) the reference number of the phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate for re-export accompanying the relevant material.

(4) The importer must notify the Scottish Ministers immediately of any changes to the particulars which the importer has given under paragraph (3).

(5) The notice must be given to the Scottish Ministers at the address given by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of this article.”.