Introductory text

Plant Health

Made 23rd April 2014

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 25th April 2014

Coming into force 26th May 2014

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972^f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for the references in these Regulations to Annex II to Council Directive 2008/72/EC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed^f2 to be construed as references to Annex II to that instrument as amended from time to time.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (“the 2008 Act”), Schedule, Part 1. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by the 2006 Act, section 28 and was amended by the 2008 Act, Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.
f2: OJ L 205, 1.8.2008, p.28 as last amended by Commission Implementing Directive 2013/45/EU (OJ L 213, 8.8.2013, p.20).