The Treatment of Spruce Bark (Amendment) Order 1994
S.I. 1994/3093 · Made 1 December 1994
PLANT HEALTH
Made 1st December 1994
Laid before Parliament 8th December 1994
Coming into force 29th December 1994
The Forestry Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 3 of the Plant Health Act 1967f1, as read with section 20 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972f2, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1967 c. 8; sections 2(1), 3(1) and (2) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 8; section 3(4) was substituted by section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48). The powers conferred by sections 2 and 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.
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Contents
- 1Title, extent and commencement
- 2Amendment of the Treatment of Spruce Bark Order 1993
- Signature
- Schedule Schedule
- Explanatory note
1Title, extent and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Treatment of Spruce Bark (Amendment) Order 1994, shall apply to England and Wales and shall come into force on 29th December 1994.
2Amendment of the Treatment of Spruce Bark Order 1993
The Treatment of Spruce Bark Order 1993f1 shall be amended by substituting for the Schedule to that Order the Schedule to this Order.
Signature
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Forestry Commissioners is hereunto affixed on
L.S.
T J D Rollinson
Secretary to the Forestry Commissioners
1st December 1994.
“SCHEDULE
AREAS WITHIN WHICH SPRUCE BARK MAY NOT BE MOVED UNLESS IT HAS BEEN TREATED
Article 3(1)
County Avon That part of the county which lies to the north of the southern boundary of the M4 motorway Cheshire That part of the county which lies to the west of the eastern boundary of the Peak District National Park Clwyd The whole county Derbyshire That part of the county which lies to the west of the eastern boundary of the Peak District National Park, together with that part of the county which lies to the south of the northern boundary of the A52(T) road to Derby and that part of the county which lies to the south of the northern boundary of the A6(T) road Dyfed The whole county Gloucestershire That part of the county which lies to the west of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road Greater Manchester That part of the county which lies to the west of the eastern boundary of the Peak District National Park Gwent The whole county Gwynedd The whole county Hereford and Worcester The whole county Lancashire The whole county Leicestershire That part of the county which lies to the west of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road, together with that part of the county which lies to the west of the eastern boundary of the B4114 road and that part of the county which lies to the west of the eastern boundary of the M1 motorway Merseyside The whole county Mid Glamorgan The whole county North Yorkshire That part of the county which comprises the district of Craven Powys The whole county Shropshire The whole county South Glamorgan The whole county Staffordshire That part of the county which lies to the west of the eastern boundary of the A52(T) road Warwickshire That part of the county which lies to the west of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road West Glamorgan The whole county West Midlands The whole county Wiltshire That part of the county which lies to the north of the southern boundary of the M4 motorway and to the west of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road ”
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Treatment of Spruce Bark Order 1993 by substituting a new Schedule describing the areas in which the movement of spruce bark is prohibited unless treated against the tree pest Dendroctonus micans Kugelann (the Great Spruce Bark Beetle) (article 2).