Article 6 Priority pests
United Kingdom
F1GB quarantine pests are ‘priority pests’ if they fulfil all of the following conditions:
they fulfil, as regards F2Great Britain, one or more of the conditions set out in point (2) of Section 1 of Annex I;
their potential economic, environmental or social impact is the most severe in respect of F3Great Britain as set out in Section 2 of Annex I;
they are F4included in the list in the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1702.
The appropriate authority may by regulations amend the list of priority pests in the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1702 where the results of an assessment show that a GB quarantine pest which is not included in that list fulfils the conditions referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, or that a pest which is included in that list no longer fulfils either of those conditions.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 27(5)(a)(i) (with regs. 53, 55)
- F2
Words in Art. 6(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 27(5)(a)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)
- F3
Words in Art. 6(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 27(5)(a)(ii) (with regs. 53, 55)
- F4
Words in Art. 6(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 27(5)(a)(iii) (with regs. 53, 55)
- F5
Art. 6(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 27(5)(b) (with regs. 53, 55)
Notes on Section 2
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in Ch. 2 Section 2 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1482), regs. 1(2)(b), 27(2) (with regs. 53, 55)