{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-no3-order-northern-ireland-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/352",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Amendment No.3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-no3-order-northern-ireland-2011",
  "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) (“the principal Order”) so as to make provision for preventing the spread of Dickeya spp. in potato crops.\nArticle 3 inserts a new paragraph (5) into Article 35 of the principal Order to cover notices served under the new Article 38A.\nArticle 4 inserts a new Article 38A into the principal Order, containing provisions for the inspection of potatoes for the presence of Dickeya spp. and, if infection is suspected or identified, for requiring action to be taken by the person responsible for the potatoes or the premises on which they have been planted, stored, processed or packed.\nArticles 5 and 6 make minor drafting changes to the principal Order.\nA Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as any impacts are considered to be negligible.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/352/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:19:26.389449+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."
}