Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020
sec.154Record about buying or accepting restricted plant
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sec.154 Record about buying or accepting restricted plant
This section applies if the holder of a plant authority, or a relevant person for the holder, buys or accepts a restricted plant under the authority. The holder must, unless the holder has a reasonable excuse, keep a record of the following information for 5 years after the holder ceases to possess the plant— the name and address of the person selling or giving away the plant (the seller ); the information used to verify the identity of the seller, including the particulars of the type of document produced by the seller and any identifying features of the document; a licence number if the seller is acting under a plant authority—the number of the authority; if the seller obtained the plant under an exemption in chapter 3 —details of the exemption identified by the seller. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.154-ssec.1) This section applies if the holder of a plant authority, or a relevant person for the holder, buys or accepts a restricted plant under the authority. (sec.154-ssec.2) The holder must, unless the holder has a reasonable excuse, keep a record of the following information for 5 years after the holder ceases to possess the plant— the name and address of the person selling or giving away the plant (the seller ); the information used to verify the identity of the seller, including the particulars of the type of document produced by the seller and any identifying features of the document; a licence number if the seller is acting under a plant authority—the number of the authority; if the seller obtained the plant under an exemption in chapter 3 —details of the exemption identified by the seller. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
- (a) the name and address of the person selling or giving away the plant (the seller );
- (b) the information used to verify the identity of the seller, including the particulars of the type of document produced by the seller and any identifying features of the document; Example of identifying features of a document— a licence number
- (c) if the seller is acting under a plant authority—the number of the authority;
- (d) if the seller obtained the plant under an exemption in chapter 3 —details of the exemption identified by the seller.