# The Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) (Amendment)(No. 2) Order 1987

S.I. 1987/1679 · made 22 September 1987

This Order amends the Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) Order 1980 –by prohibiting the landing in Great Britain of consignments of certain ©vegetables if they contain more than 1% by weight of soil, andby reducing the soil tolerance in consignments of potatoes from 2% to 1% (article 2).

Made under: Plant Health Act 1967 (Section 2, Section 3)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/import-and-export-plant-health-great-britain-amendmentno-2-order-1987/pdf/uksi_19871679_en.pdf

## Introductory text

PLANT HEALTH
Made 22nd September 1987
Laid before Parliament 24th September 1987
Coming into force 3rd October 1987
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England, the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1) and (2) of the Plant Health Act 1967, and now vested in them, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

## 1 Title, extent and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1987, shall apply to Great Britain and shall come into force on 3rd October 1987.

## 2 Amendment of principal Order

The Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) Order 1980 shall be amended as follows –
(1) After paragraph (h) of article 5 (prohibition of landing of certain plants etc.) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –
“(i) any raw vegetables, intended for consumption or processing, from plants of beets (Beta L.), carrot (Daucus L.), celery or celeriac(Apium L.), leek (Allium L.), turnip or swede, (Brassica L.) if the consignment contains more than 1% by weight of soil.”.
(2) In Part IIIA of Schedule 2, in item 45(7), (soil tolerance in a consignment of potatoes), for “2%” there shall be substituted “1%”.

## Signature

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
John MacGregorM
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
22nd September 1987.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office
22nd September 1987P
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
22nd September 1987

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) Order 1980 –
(a) by prohibiting the landing in Great Britain of consignments of certain ©vegetables if they contain more than 1% by weight of soil, and
(b) by reducing the soil tolerance in consignments of potatoes from 2% to 1% (article 2).

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