Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 in its application to England. It adjusts the requirements which apply to certain plants originating and moving within a protected zone, within the scope permitted by Commission Directive 93/51/EEC establishing rules for movements of certain plants, plant products or other objects through a protected zone, and for movements of such plants, plant products or other objects originating in and moving within such a protected zone (O.J. L205, 17.8.93, p. 24).
The principal changes introduced by this Order, which comes into force on 1st December 1999, are as follows—
certain plants originating and moving within specified protected zones must be accompanied by a plant passport (article 2(2));
the exemption applicable to certain plants specified in Part B of Schedule 4 from relevant special requirements is ended (article 2(2));
the authority to issue plant passports may be conferred on the basis of a satisfactory survey (article 2(3)).
The requirement for a plant passport imposed by this Order is consistent with the Community passporting regime which was implemented in the principal Order pursuant to Council Directive 77/93/EEC (as amended and supplemented by the instruments listed in Schedule 16 to the principal Order) (O.J. L26, 31.1.77, p. 20).
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Plant Health Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PX.