The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021

Amends/Commences: 

• The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015
• The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018

Comes into force: 27^th May 2021
 
Jurisdiction: England
 
The definition of a professional operator to mean any person who is involved professionally in, and is legally responsible for, one or more of the following activities involving plants, pant products and other objects:

• planting;
• breeding;
• production, including growing, multiplying and maintaining;
• introduction into, and movement within and out of Northern Ireland;
• making available on the market; and
• storage, collection, dispatching and processing.

Furthermore, they give an exemption to the application fee for a phytosanitary certificate (for export or re-export) of plants in England, under specific circumstances where a consignment is to be transported to Northern Ireland. These regulations would expire at the end of 31^st December 2022.
 
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