Article 2 Amendment of principal order

in Part I of Schedule 1 (plant pests the landing of which is prohibited) after entry 22 there shall be inserted the following entry—

“23 Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) — Western Flower Thrips.”; and

in Schedule 2 (conditions subject to which plant and plant products may be landed) in Part 1A in relation to item 1 there shall be inserted in column (3) after paragraph (6) the following paragraph—

“(7)

The consignment shall be accompanied by an official statement that the plants comprising it were—

(a)

officially examined immediately prior to export and found to be free from Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)), and

(b)

grown at a place of production at which Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)) is not known to have occurred during the four weeks prior to the date on which the plants were removed from such place”.