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The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

S.R. 2014/172 · Made 11 June 2014

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Plant Health

Made 11th June 2014

Coming into operation 2nd July 2014

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmentf1 makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1) of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967f2

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1)).

f2

1967 c.68 (N.I.); sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351, art. 3 and Sch.2. Section 2(2) was amended by 1979 c.2, s.177(1) and Sch.4, Pt II. Sections 2 and 3 were also amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I.2), Arts 15(2), 24 and Sch.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006
  3. 3Diabrotica virgifera Le Conte
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 and comes into operation on 2nd July 2014.

2Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006f1 is amended in accordance with article 3.

3Diabrotica virgifera Le Conte

(1)

Part 7Af1 (management zones for plant health purposes) is omitted.

(2)

In Part B (plant pests known to occur in the European Community) of Schedule 1, item 1af2 under the heading “Insects, mites and nematodes” is omitted.

(3)

In article 44(1)(a) (offences), head (xiiiA)f3 is omitted.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 11th June 2014

(L.S.)

Malcolm Beatty

A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order amends the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No.82) (“the principal Order”).

Article 3 removes the provisions in the principal Order in relation to the organism Diabrotica virgifera Le Conte so as to implement—

(a) Commission implementing Directive 2014/19/EU amending Annex I to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (OJ No L 38, 7.2.2014, p.30); and

(b) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/62/EU repealing Decision 2003/766/EC on emergency measures to prevent the spread within the Community of Diabrotica virgifera Le Conte (OJ No L 38, 7.2.2014, p.45).