The Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013

Title, commencement and interpretationU.K.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013.

(2) They come into force on 3rd March 2013.

(3) In these Regulations—

“body corporate” includes a limited liability partnership;

“director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate;

“the Implementing Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 607/2012 on the detailed rules concerning the due diligence system and the frequency and nature of the checks on monitoring organisations as provided for in the Timber Regulation(1);

“inspector” has the meaning given by regulation 3;

“notice of remedial actions” means a notice served in accordance with regulation 11;

“officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means any director, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate;

“partnership” does not include a limited liability partnership;

“premises” includes any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, hovercraft, tent or movable structure;

“seizure notice” means a notice served under regulation 9(2);

“timber” means timber and timber products;

“the Timber Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market as the Annex to it is amended from time to time;

“unincorporated association” does not include a partnership.

(4) Terms used in these Regulations that are also used in the Timber Regulation or the Implementing Regulation have the meaning they bear in those Regulations.