Plant Healthy Certification Scheme Manual - Version 1.3.1. (updated 26th March 2026)
This is the current version of Plant Healthy Certification Scheme Manual version 1.3.1. This is an update to make minor corrections to three requirements in Section 1 of the Plant Health Management Standard and some areas of the guidance which is included within the Manual (pages 8 - 31).
This cover document provides full details of the updates made to the requirements and the guidance sections of the Plant Health Management Standard version 1.3.1:
◦ Plant Health Management Standard requirements
Page 8 - Requirement 1.1 Registration as a Professional Operator - Addition of the words ‘or plant products’ to align with the wording on the UK Plant Health Information Portal: Am I a Professional Operator?
Page 9 - Requirement 1.2 Plant Passports – Addition to the requirement of the following bullet point: • EU Plant Passports are required when sending traded plant material from NI to GB.
Page 10 - Requirement 1.3 Phytosanitary Certificates- Removal of the text from the second requirements bullet point ‘and for moving plants from NI to GB’.
◦ Plant Health Management Standard guidance and appendices
Page 9 - Requirement 1.2 Plant Passports – and an update to the guidance to cover the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS).
Page 10 - Requirement 1.4 Forest Reproductive Material (FRM) – (i) text added to provide details of the full name that the initialism OECD represents, i.e. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (ii) Link to the relevant OECD website added.
Page 27 - Appendix 1. Guidance for SOPRA – the guidance has been improved which includes an update to the graphics and the example tables for risk assessments.
Page 31 - Appendix 2. Addition of an appendix to provide details of the above changes.
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