# The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015, Introduction: Introductory text


Plant Health
Made 6th March 2015
Coming into operation 27th March 2015
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1) of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972.
This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for the references to the European Union instruments mentioned in article 3(a) and (e) to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/128/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2015/introduction
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