{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/potatoes-originating-in-the-netherlands-notification-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1999/1",
  "legislation_title": "Potatoes Originating in the Netherlands (Notification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/potatoes-originating-in-the-netherlands-notification-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations, which come into operation on 13th January 1999, impose certain requirements in respect of potatoes grown in 1998 in the Netherlands in accordance with Commission Decision 95/506/EC authorising Member States to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards the Kingdom of the Netherlands (O.J. No. L.291, 6.12.95, p. 48), as last amended by commission Decision 98/738/EC (O.J. No. L.354, 30.12.98, p. 62).\nThese Regulations revoke and replace the Potatoes Originating in the Netherlands (Notification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.\nThese Regulations require a person intending to land in Northern Ireland potatoes gown in 1998 in the Netherlands (“potatoes originating in the Netherlands”) to give to an inspector, at least two days prior notification of that intention and to provide specified information bout those potatoes. They require any person who landed potatoes originating in the Netherlands before the commencement of these Regulations to give written notification by 28th January 1999 of corresponding information relating to those potatoes (regulation 4).\nThe Regulations provide that an inspector who had reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person has or will have in his possession potatoes originating in the Netherlands may exercise the powers contained in Articles 22 to 25 of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 in relation to such potatoes (regulation 5).\nThe Regulations prescribe that a fee of £118 shall be payable where a sample of seed potatoes is taken for the purpose of ascertaining whether the potatoes are infected with Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith (regulation 6). The fee is slightly higher than that prescribed by the Potatoes Originating in the Netherlands (Notification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.\nThe Regulations provide that contravention of the requirements for notification under regulation 4 shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £5,000 (regulation 7).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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