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England, Wales and Scotland

PLANT HEALTH, ENGLAND

Made 13th December 2005

Laid before Parliament 20th December 2005

Coming into force 14th January 2006

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(1) and 4A of the Plant Health Act 1967^f1, now vested in her^f2:

The Treasury consents to the making of this Order:

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Footnotes

f1: 1967 c. 8; section 3(1) was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8; section 4A was inserted by the Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49), section 3.
f2: Under the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No.1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), article 2(1) and Schedule 1, the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Health Act 1967 were, so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State; and under the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1, the functions transferred to the Secretary of State by the 1978 Order were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales. Under article 2(1) and (2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), the remaining functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Health Act 1967 were transferred to the Secretary of State.