Moving and retaining prohibited plants, plant pests, pathogens and soil

An application can be made for an Authorisation (formerly known as a Special Licence) to import, move or keep material that is usually prohibited because it poses a plant health risk to Northern Ireland’s crops and plants.This material includes:plants, including parts of plants and seedsinvertebrate plant pests (arthropods, molluscs and nematodes)plant pathogens (fungi, bacteria, viruses, virus-like agents and phytoplasmas)soil and other organic materialpotatoesYou can only get an Authorisation if you’re using the prohibited material for:official testingscientific researcheducational