The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993

Authorised persons

17.—(1) The appropriate Minister shall authorise, subject to any conditions he thinks fit, on application by any business, individual or other organisation listed in the official register, a responsible person to act on behalf of that business, individual or other organisation to produce, store and issue plant passports.

(2) The authority to issue plant passports conferred on a business, individual or other organisation listed in the official register shall be conferred pursuant to a satisfactory inspection by an inspector of the place of production, any plant thereof or any other premises handling any plant, plant product or other object which may require a plant passport, as appropriate, for the purpose of ascertaining for the purposes of this Order the plant health status of such plants, plant products or other objects at the place of production, any part thereof or any other premises.

(3) Where the requirements of this Order are not being fulfilled insofar as they relate to the issue of plant passports, the authority referred to in this article may be revoked in part or in full by the appropriate Minister until such time as a satisfactory inspection specified in paragraph (2) of this article can be carried out, or until any such breach of any condition associated with the authorisation to issue plant passports has been remedied to the satisfaction of the appropriate Minister.