European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful To Plants Or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Temporary Provisions) Regulations, 1989.
Statutory Instruments
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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Temporary Provisions) Regulations, 1989.
(2) The collective citation, the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) Regulations, 1980 to 1989, shall include these Regulations.
(3) These Regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of December, 1989, and shall remain in force until the 30th day of November, 1990.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1980 ).
(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in Council Directive No. 77/93/EEC of 21 December, 1976, has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in that Directive.
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paragraphs: (1) During the period when these Regulations are in force, paragraph (2) (b) (i) of Regulation 2 (inserted by the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 92 of 1989 )), and Regulation 8 (1), of the Principal Regulations shall not apply to wood of conifers (Coniferae) to which these Regulations apply.
(2) The provisions of Regulations 11 (1), 15 and 16, and paragraph (4) of Regulation 17 (inserted by the European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987 ( S.I. No. 265 of 1987 )), of the Principal Regulations shall apply to these Regulations as if—
( a ) in the said Regulations 11 (1), 15 and 16, the references to "these Regulations" (being the Principal Regulations) included a reference to Regulation 4 of these Regulations, and
( b ) in the said paragraph (4) of Regulation 17, the reference to Regulation 11 (1) or 15 of the Principal Regulations included a reference to Regulation 4 of these Regulations.
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paragraphs: (1) The importation of wood of conifers (Coniferae), including wood which does not retain any of its natural round surface, which has originated or otherwise been in Canada, China (including the island of Taiwan), Korea, Japan or the United States of America is hereby prohibited unless there is 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.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) of this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £600.
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paragraphs: An offence under these Regulations may be prosecuted by the Minister for Agriculture and Food.