# Plant Health (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 S.R. 1996/249 · made 25 June 1996 This Order further amends the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993. Made under: Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (Section 2, Section 3, Section 3A, Section 3B, Section 4) ## Introductory text PLANT HEALTH Made 25th June 1996 Coming into operation 29th July 1996 The Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 2 and 3(1), 3A, 3B(1) and 4(1) of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 and of all powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: ## 1 Citation and commencement This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 29th July 1996. ## 2 Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 shall be amended in accordance with Articles 3 to 10. ## 3 Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 In Article 5, for paragraph (4) there shall be substituted— “(4) A person shall not without the authority of the Department or an inspector engage in any activity which involves genetic modification of a pest or engage in any activity which to his knowledge involves genetically modified pests.”. ## 4 Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 In Schedule 1, Part B, Section B for the entry in column (3) opposite Item 1 there shall be substituted— “Denmark Finland France (Brittany) Ireland Portugal (Azores) Sweden United Kingdom”. ## 5 Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 In Schedule 2, Part B, (a) for Section A there shall be substituted the Section set out in the Schedule; (b) in Section B in the entry in column (4) opposite Item 1 there shall be deleted “Italy”; (c) in Section C Item 4 shall be deleted. ## 6 Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 In Schedule 3, Part B— (a) for the entry in column (3) opposite Item 1 there shall be substituted— “Austria Finland France (Champagne-Ardennes, Alsace — except department of Bas-Rhin, Lorraine, Franche-Comté, Rhône-Alpes — except department of Rhône, Bourgogne, Auvergne — except department of Puy de Dome, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Corse, Languedoc-Roussillon) Ireland Italy Portugal Spain United Kingdom (Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands).”; (b) Items 2 and 3 shall be deleted. ## 7 Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 In Schedule 4, Part B— (a) for the entries in columns (2) and (4) opposite Item 1 there shall be respectively substituted— “ Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L. and Pseudotsuga Carr., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds. Ireland United Kingdom. ”; (b) for the entries in columns (2) and (4) opposite Item 2 there shall be respectively substituted— “ Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., and Pinus L., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds. Greece Ireland United Kingdom. ”; (c) for the entries in columns (2) and (4) opposite Item 3 there shall be respectively substituted— “ Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L. and Pseudotsuga Carr., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds. Ireland United Kingdom. ”; (d) for the entries in columns (2) and (4) opposite Item 4 there shall be respectively substituted— “ Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds. France (Corsica) Greece Ireland United Kingdom. ”; (e) for the entries in columns (2) and (4) opposite Item 5 there shall be respectively substituted— “ Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L. and Pseudotsuga Carr., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds. Greece Ireland United Kingdom (Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man). ”; (f) for the entry in column (2) opposite Item 6 there shall be substituted— “Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus L., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds.”; (g) for the entry in column (2) opposite Item 7 there shall be substituted— “Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus L., other than fruit and seeds.”; (h) in the entries in column (4) opposite Items 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 22A and 25 there shall be inserted in alphabetical order “France (Brittany).”; (i) after Item 23 there shall be inserted the following new Item— “ 23A Seeds of Gossypium spp. Official statement that the seed has been acid delinted. Greece Spain (Andalucia, Catalonia, Extremadura, Murcia, Valencia). ”; (j) for the entry in column (4) opposite Item 24 there shall be substituted— “Portugal (Alentejo, Algarve and Madeira) Spain (Granada and Malaga).”. ## 8 Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 In Schedule 5— (a) in Part A Section II— (i) for paragraph 1(a) there shall be substituted— “(a) plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L. and Pseudotsuga Carr.;”; (ii) in paragraph 1(c) the words “Persea americana P. Mill.” shall be deleted; (iii) for paragraph 1(i) there shall be substituted— “fruit (bolls) of Gossypium spp. and unginned cotton.”; (iv) paragraph 2(a) shall be deleted and paragraph 2(b) shall be renumbered “2(a)”; (b) in Part B Section II— (i) for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted— “Seeds and fruit (bolls) of Gossypium spp. and unginned cotton.”; (ii) for paragraph 7 there shall be substituted— “7 Parts of plants of Eucalyptus L'Hérit.”. ## 9 Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 In Schedule 8— (a) in Part A— (i) for the entry in column (3) opposite Item 1 there shall be substituted— “Greece Spain (Andalucia, Catalonia, Extremadura, Murcia, Valencia)”; (ii) for the entries in column (3) opposite Items 4, 7, 8 and 9 there shall be respectively deleted the word “Spain”; (iii) in the entry in column (3) opposite Item 11 there shall be deleted the words “Greece, Spain”; (iv) for the entry in column (3) opposite Item 15 there shall be substituted— “Portugal (Alentejo, Algarve and Madeira) Spain (Granada and Malaga)”; (v) Item 17 shall be deleted; (b) in Part B— (i) in the entry in column (3) opposite Item 1 the word “Italy” shall be deleted; (ii) Item 3 shall be deleted; (c) in Part C, Items 4 and 5 shall be deleted; (d) in Part D— (i) in the entry in column (3) opposite Item 1 there shall be inserted in alphabetical order “France (Brittany)”; (ii) Item 3 shall be deleted. ## 10 Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 In Schedule 14 at the end there shall be added the following— “ Commission Directive 96/14/EC O.J. No. L.68, 19.3.96, p. 24. Commission Directive 96/15/EC O.J. No. L.70, 20.3.96, p. 35. ”. ## Signature Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on L.S. L. G. McKibben Assistant Secretary 25th June 1996. ## “SCHEDULE 2 Part B Pests which may not be introduced into certain protected zones and whose spread within those zones is prohibited if they are present on certain plants or plant products Section A Insects, Mites and Nematodes at all stages of their development Item Description of pests Description of plants and plant products Protected zones (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Anthonomus grandis (Boh.) Seed and fruits (bolls) of Gossypium spp. and unginned cotton. Greece Spain (Andalucia, Catalonia, Extremadura, Murcia, Valencia) 2. Cephalcia lariciphila (Klug) Plants of Larix Mill., intended for planting, other than seeds. Ireland United Kingdom (Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Jersey) 3. Dendroctonus micans Kugelan Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L. and Pseudotsuga Carr., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds. Greece Ireland United Kingdom 4. Gilpinia hercyniae (Hartig) Plants of Picea A. Dietr., intended for planting, other than seeds. Greece Ireland United Kingdom (Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Jersey) 5. Gonipterus scutellatus Gyll. Plants of Eucalyptus L'Hérit, other than fruit and seeds. Greece Portugal 6. (a) Ips amitinus Eichhof Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus L., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds. France (Corsica) Greece Ireland United Kingdom (b) Ips cembrae Heer Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus L., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds. Greece Ireland United Kingdom (Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man) (c) Ips duplicatus Sahlberg Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus L., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds. Greece Ireland United Kingdom (d) Ips sexdentatus Boerner Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus L., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds. Ireland United Kingdom (Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man) (e) Ips typographus Heer Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus L., over 3m. in height, other than fruit and seeds. Ireland United Kingdom 7. Pissodes spp. (European) Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus L., other than fruit and seeds. Ireland United Kingdom (Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Jersey) 8. Sternochetus mangiferae Fabricius Seeds of Mangifera spp. originating in third countries. Portugal (Alentejo, Algarve and Madeira) Spain (Granada and Malaga) 9. Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Den. et Schiff.) Plants of Pinus L., intended for planting, other than fruit and seeds. Spain (Ibiza) ” ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order.) This Order further amends the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993. This Order implements as respects Northern Ireland— (i) Commission Directive 96/14/EC (O.J. No. L.68, 19.3.96, p. 24) amending certain Annexes to Council Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community; (ii) Commission Directive 96/15/EC (O.J. No. L.70, 20.3.96, p. 35) amending Directive 92/76/EEC recognising protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community. The Order makes the following principal changes— 1 A person engaged in activities involving the genetic modification of pests or genetically modified plant pests under authority of a licence granted by the Department of Agriculture need no longer obtain additional authorisation for those activities from an inspector (regulation 3). 2 Protected zones recognised in respect of various specified plant pests are amended (regulations 4 to 9). --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/249 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-no-2-order-northern-ireland-1996 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.