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Potatoes Originating in the Netherlands (Notification) (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

S.R. 2005/297 · Made 14 June 2005

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PLANT HEALTH

Made 14th June 2005

Coming into operation 6th July 2005

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmentf1, being a Department designatedf2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f3 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Art. 3(4)

f2

See S.I. 2000/2812

f3

1972 c. 68: section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 and to that Act and is to be read with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3) and S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I. 15)

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Revocation of Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Potatoes Originating in the Netherlands (Notification) (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th July 2005.

(2)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

2Revocation of Regulations

The Potatoes Originating in the Netherlands (Notification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999f1 are hereby revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 14th June 2005.

L.S.

David Small

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the Potatoes Originating in the Netherlands (Notification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 1).

The 1999 Regulations required a person intending to land in Northern Ireland potatoes grown in 1998 in the Netherlands to give to an inspector, at least two days prior notification of that intention and to provide a specified information about those potatoes, and provided plant health inspectors with powers to check compliance with and enforce the Regulations. They also prescribed a fee where a sample of seed potatoes was taken in exercise of those powers for the purpose of ascertaining whether the potatoes were infected with Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith. These Regulations are now of no practical effect as potatoes originating in the Netherlands and grown in 1998 are no longer traded.

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.