{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-no2-order-northern-ireland-2013/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-no2-order-northern-ireland-2013/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2013/103",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Amendment No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-no2-order-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 S.R. 2006 No.82) to introduce measures to prevent the introduction and spread of Chalara fraxinea T. Kowalski, including its teleomorph Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus, a cause of ash dieback. In particular, the Order:\n(a) Prohibits the landing in or the movement within Northern Ireland of Chalara fraxinea T.Kowalski (article 2(7));\n(b) Prohibits the landing in or the movement within Northern Ireland of plants of Fraxinus L. intended for planting which are infected with Chalara Fraxinea T. Kowalski (article 2(8));\n(c) Imposes additional requirements on the landing in or movement within Northern Ireland of plants of Fraxinus L. intended for planting (article 2(9) to (12)); and\n(d) Imposes additional requirements on the consignment from Northern Ireland to other parts of the European Community of plants of Fraxinus L. intended of planting (article 2(13)).\nThe Order also confers powers on the Department to grant licences for trial or scientific purposes or for work on varietal selections in relation to certain plant pests (article 2(5)).\nThe Order revokes the Plant Health (Amendment No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (article 3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/103/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:11:13.101237+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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