# The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 6: Prohibition on the planting of potatoes on contaminated plots

Extent: E+W

(1) Where a contaminated plot is demarcated under paragraph 5(1), no person may—
(a) grow any potatoes on the plot; or
(b) grow or store on the plot any plants intended for transplanting.
(2) No person may grow potatoes in a safety zone demarcated under paragraph 5(1) unless a plant health inspector is satisfied that they are of a variety which is resistant to the races of Potato wart disease found on the contaminated plot to which the safety zone relates.
(3) A potato variety is to be considered resistant to a particular race of Potato wart disease for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) where that variety reacts to contamination by the pathogenic agent of that race in such a way that there is no danger of secondary infection.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1517/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-health-and-genetically-modified-organisms-england-regulations-2019/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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