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The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003

S.R. 2003/235 · Made 14 April 2003

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PLANT HEALTH

Made 14th April 2003

Coming into operation 10th May 2003

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmentf1, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 3(1) of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967f2 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Art. 3(4)

f2

1967 c. 28 (N.I.) as amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2, s177(1) and Sch. 4 Pt. LI; and S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2) and S.I. 1975/1038 (N.I. 8) Art. 11(2)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003, and shall come into operation on 10th May 2003.

2Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993

Schedule 13 to the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993f1 shall be amended by deleting from paragraph (e) in the definition of District No. 1 (County Down-Armagh) the following townlands:

  • Ballaghanery, Ballaghanery Upper, Ballinran, Ballinran Upper, Ballykeel, Ballymartin, Ballyveagh Beg, Ballyveagh Beg Upper, Ballyveagh More, Ballyveagh More Upper, Brackenagh East, Brackenagh East Upper, Brackenagh West, Brackenagh West Upper, Carrigenagh Upper, Glasdrumman, Maghereagh, Moneydorragh Beg, Moneydorragh More, Moneydorragh More Upper, Mullartown.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 14th April 2003.

L.S.

David Small

Senior Officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order amends the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 by removing certain townlands previously scheduled as safety zones to protect against spread of potato wart disease. The Order lifts restrictions on the growing of potatoes in the former safety zones as provided in Article 2.