Regulation 8 Amendment of the Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2015

(1)

The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2015^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In schedule 1 (conditions for certification and grading of Scottish seed potatoes), in Part 1 (general), in paragraph 5(1)(h)—

(a)

after sub-head (vii), omit “and”,

(b)

after sub-head (viii) insert—

“(ix)
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al; and

(x)
Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al.”.

(3)

In schedule 2 (certification and grading: requirements and tolerances), in paragraph 2—

(a)

in column 4 of both rows (PBTC and PB) in Table 1—

(i)

after paragraph (e) omit “and”, and

(ii)

after paragraph (f) insert—

“(g)
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS] – nil;

(h)
Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al., [PHYPSO] – nil; and

(i)
Potato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0] – nil.”,

(b)

in column 4 of each row (S, SE and E) in Table 2—

(i)

after paragraph (e) omit “and”, and

(ii)

after paragraph (f) insert—

“(g)
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS] – nil;

(h)
Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Quaglino et al., [PHYPSO] – nil; and

(i)
Potato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0] – nil.”.

(4)

In schedule 6 (tolerances for diseases, pests, damage and defects), in paragraph 5—

(a)

in table 1, after the last row (Colorado Beetle) of Group 1, insert—

“

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS] Nil

”,

(b)

in table 2, after the last row (Colorado Beetle) of Group 1, insert—

“

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS] Nil

”,

(c)

in table 3, after the last row (Colorado Beetle) of Group 1 in each part ((a): grade S, (b): grade SE and (c): grade E) of the table, insert—

“

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS] Nil

”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2015/395, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.