Plant Health Guide: passporting and marketing requirements

Who does not need to be authorised?

You do not need to be authorised if you are:

• a retailer, providing you do not fall into any of the categories in the section above on registration for plant passporting purposes. 'Retailers' includes shops, garden centres, businesses which sell or move plants to the final consumer by mail order, and retail sales of plants at fêtes or shows

• a landscaper, providing you do not fall into any of the categories in the section above on registration for plant passporting purposes

• a commercial grower dealing wholly in plants which do not require passports

• an individual growing plants for your own use, including for amateur breeding programmes

• an organiser or member of a gardening club

• a customs clearance agent

• a trader who receives plants which have passport labels down to their smallest tradable unit. For example, if you know that you always sell or move on plants in batches of 10, you could ask for the plants to be supplied to you with labels containing passport details for each batch of 10. If operating this system your supplier must include full passport details on the label

In addition, if you are not otherwise covered by categories listed in the 'Who needs to be authorised' section, you will not need to be authorised if:

• you market only ornamental plant propagating material (including seeds) for amateur use

• you market only finished ornamental plants, which are not intended for propagating purposes

• you market only fruit or vegetable plants (or fruit seeds) that are not included in Appendices E and F

• you market only fruit and vegetable plants (or fruit seeds) covered by Appendices E and F, and are a small producer (grower or propagator) of such material all of whose production and sales are for the local market