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The Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood (Amendment) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/971 · Made 27 May 1988

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PLANT HEALTH

Made 27th May 1988

Laid before Parliament 7th June 1988

Coming into force 28th June 1988

The Forestry Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 3(1), (2) and (4) of the Plant Health Act 1967f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1967 c. 8; section 3(1) and (2) was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8(1) and (3); section 3(4) was substituted by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 42. The powers conferred by section 3 of the Plant Health Act 1967 are conferred on “a competent authority”, which expression is defined in section 1(2), as regards the protection of forest trees and timber from attack by pests, as the Forestry Commissioners.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood Order 1982
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood (Amendment) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 28th June 1988.

2Amendment of the Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood Order 1982

The Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood Order 1982f1 shall be further amended by substituting for the Schedule thereto (areas in respect of which the movement of spruce wood is restricted) the following Schedule—

“SCHEDULE

AREAS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE MOVEMENT OF SPRUCE WOOD IS RESTRICTED

Article 3

Column 1Column 2
CountiesThose parts of the counties within which restrictions apply
AvonThat part of the county which lies to the north of the southern boundary of the M4.
CheshireThat part of the county which lies to the west of the eastern boundary of the M6.

Clwyd

Dyfed

Gloucestershire

} The whole county.
Greater ManchesterThat part of the county which comprises the district of Wigan.

Gwent

Gwynedd

Hereford and Worcester

Lancashire

Merseyside

Mid Glamorgan

} The whole county.
North YorkshireThat part of the county which comprises the district of Craven.

Powys

Shropshire

South Glamorgan

} The whole county.
StaffordshireThat part of the county which comprises the districts of Cannock Chase, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent and South Staffordshire.
West GlamorganThe whole county.
West MidlandsThat part of the county which comprises the districts of Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

”

3Revocation

The Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood (Amendment) Order 1986f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Forestry Commissioners is hereunto affixed on 27th May 1988.

L.S.

P. J. Clarke

Secretary to the Forestry Commissioners

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood Order 1982 by adding to the list of areas in respect of which the movement of spruce wood is restricted the remaining parts of the counties of Dyfed and Gwynedd not included in the previous Order and the county of West Glamorgan.