A Bill to make it an offence for any importer or distributor to sell or distribute in the United Kingdom any wood harvested, manufactured or otherwise dealt with illegally in the country from which the wood originated or through which it passed or was transhipped; and for connected purposes
The Bill would make it illegal to sell, knowingly or not, timber that had been:obtained illegally in any way in the country of origin exported illegally from its country of originimported illegally into any country. It also would make it an offence to falsify records with regard to the harvesting, importing or exporting of timber. The maximum penalties included in the Bill are up to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of up to £50,000.
This Bill would ban the sale or distribution of timber in the UK if it was illegally obtained, illegally exported from its country of origin, or illegally imported into any country as it moved or was trans‑shipped. It would also criminalise falsifying records about harvesting, importing or exporting timber. Penalties could be up to five years in prison and fines up to £50,000.
The Bill is at the Second Reading stage in the House of Commons, so it is in the early stages of Parliament and has not yet progressed to committee or further stages.
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