Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1989 by–

(a)

altering the definition of “importer” to make it clear that this term applies only to a person in possession or entitled to custody or control of any tree, wood etc. which is likely to be or has been landed in Great Britain;

(b)

adding to the list of tree pests set out in Schedule 1 Part I of the principal Order, the tree pestMonochamus spp. (non-European), the landing of which in Great Britain is now prohibited;

(c)

extending the controls over the landing in Great Britain of the wood of conifers and of dunnage, pallets and packing material thereof from non-European countries to require that such material shall be free fromMonochamus spp. and their bore holes.