Section 3 Control of spread of pests in Northern Ireland.

(1)

The Ministry may from time to time make such orders as it thinks expedient [F1 or called for by any F2F3assimilated law or relevant Protocol obligation] for preventing the spread of pests in Northern Ireland [F4 or the conveyance of pests by articles exported from Northern Ireland].

F5(1A)

In this section, “relevant Protocol obligation” has the meaning given by section 2(2A).

Subs. (2)—(5) rep. by 1984 NI 2

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: SRO (NI) 1972/351
F2: Words in s. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health and Diseases of Animals (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/327), regs. 1(3), 2(4)
F3: Word in s. 3(1) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(2)(b)
F4: SRO (NI) 1972/351
F5: S. 3(1A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Health and Diseases of Animals (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/327), regs. 1(3), 2(5)