Schedule 17: Use of forest risk commodities in commercial activity Part 1: Requirements Prohibition on using illegally produced commodities
Paragraph 2 prohibits the use of regulated forest risk commodities, and products derived from forest risk commodities, in a regulated person’s UK commercial activity unless they were produced in compliance with relevant local laws.
	Sub-paragraph (3) defines "local law" as any law that has effect in the country or territory where the organism from which a forest risk commodity was produced was grown, raised or cultivated.
	Sub-paragraph (4) defines "relevant local law" as a local law which relates to land use or land ownership where the commodity was grown, raised or cultivated. A relevant local law would include, for example, a law designating an area as a national park in which agriculture is not allowed. The effect of this definition is that the commodity must be sourced from land that is legally occupied or used. The sub-paragraph also sets out that other laws that relate to that land can be specified by the Secretary of State through regulations. This means that the Secretary of State can add to the category of relevant local law if it relates to the land the commodity was produced on.
	Sub-paragraph (5) sets out that regulations adding to the categories of "relevant local law" may only specify local laws if they relate to the prevention of forests from being converted for agricultural use.
	Sub-paragraph (6) defines the "source organism" as the plant, animal, or living organism from which the forest risk commodity was produced. For example, the animal from which meat came from, or the plant or tree from which fruits were harvested.
	Sub-paragraphs (7) and (8) set out that the prohibition does not apply where the commodity is waste and is a renewable transport fuel that qualifies and may be issued with a Renewable Transport Fuel certificate. This is to avoid overlap with an existing environmental regime, the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3072).