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The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/1777 · Made 26 July 1991

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PLANT HEALTH

Made 26th July 1991

Laid before Parliament 1st August 1991

Coming into force 23rd August 1991

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England, the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(2)(b), 2 and 3(1) of the Plant Health Act 1967f1 upon the said Minister and the Secretary of State for Scotland and now, in relation to Wales, vested in the Secretary of State for Walesf2 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; sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8.

f2

By virtue of S.I. 1978/272.

Contents

  1. 1Title, extent and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 5
  5. Explanatory note

1Title, extent and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1991 shall apply to Great Britain and shall come into force on 23rd August 1991.

2Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987

(1)

The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987f1 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(2)

In Schedule 1 Part 1A after Item 25 there shall be inserted the following Item—

“26

Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) — Tobacco Whitefly or Sweet Potato Whitefly”.

(3)

In Schedule 3 Part VI Item 75A shall be omitted.

(4)

In Schedule 3 Part VIIB in Item 82 column 3 after the words “originating in the Netherlands” there shall be inserted the words “or a third country”.

(5)

For Schedule 5 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Signature

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 26th July 1991.

L.S.

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Strathclyde

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

26th July 1991

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

25th July 1991

SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 5

“SCHEDULE 5

MEANING OF “DIRECTIVE 77/93/EEC” INSTRUMENTS AMENDING COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 77/93/EEC

Article 3

InstrumentsReference
Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Hellenic Republic and the adjustment of the TreatiesOJ No. L291, 19.11.79, p.86.
Council Directive 80/392/EECOJ No. L100, 17.4.80, p.32.
Council Directive 80/393/EECOJ No. L100, 17.4.80, p.35.
Council Directive 81/7/EECOJ No. L14, 16.1.81, p.23.
Council Directive 84/378/EECOJ No. L207, 2.8.84, p.1.
Council Directive 85/173/EECOJ No. L65, 6.3.85, p.23.
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3768/85OJ No. L362, 31.12.85, p.8.
Council Directive 85/574/EECOJ No. L372, 31.12.85, p.25.
Commission Directive 86/545/EECOJ No. L323, 18.11.86, p.14.
Commission Directive 86/546/EECOJ No. L323, 18.11.86, p.16.
Commission Directive 86/547/EEC*OJ No. L323, 18.11.86, p.21.
Council Directive 86/651/EECOJ No. L382, 31.12.86, p.13.
Council Directive 87/298/EECOJ No. L151, 11.6.87, p.1.
Commission Directive 88/271/EEC†OJ No. L116, 4.5.88, p.13.
Commission Directive 88/272/EEC**OJ No. L116, 4.5.88, p.19.
Commission Directive 88/430/EECOJ No. L208, 2.8.88, p.36.
Council Directive 88/572/EECOJ No. L313, 19.11.88, p.39.
Council Directive 89/359/EECOJ No. L153, 6.6.89, p.28.
Council Directive 89/439/EECOJ No. L212, 22.7.89, p.106.
Council Directive 90/168/EECOJ No. L92, 7.4.90, p.49.
Commission Directive 90/490/EECOJ No. L271, 3.10.90, p.28.
Commission Directive 90/506/EECOJ No. L282, 13.10.90, p.67.
Commission Directive 91/27/EECOJ No. L16, 22.1.91, p.29.

*Commission Directive 86/547/EEC was amended by Commission Directive 90/80/EEC (OJ No. L51, 27.2.90, p.34.) and Commission Directive 91/103/EEC (OJ No. L52, 27.2.91, p.51.).

†Commission Directive 88/271/EEC was amended by Commission Directive 89/83/EEC (OJ No. L32, 3.2.89, p.29.).

**Commission Directive 88/272/EEC was amended by Commission Directive 90/113/EEC (OJ No. L67, 15.3.90, p.51.) and Commission Directive 91/102/EEC (OJ No. L52, 27.2.91, p.50.).”

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987 so as to—

(a)

impose controls on the pest which is known as Tobacco Whitefly or Sweet Potato Whitefly (article 2(2));

(b)

remove the requirement that raw horseradish and radish imported from the Netherlands be free of foliage (article 2(3));

(c)

extend the requirement that cut flowers of the genera Achillea, Antirrhinum, Anemone (Mona Lisa type only), Aster, Calendula, Callistephus, Carthamus, Cirsium, Centaurea, Liatris, Lisianthius, Solidago, Solidaster and Zinnia may only be imported when accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate to third countries (article 2(4));

(d)

revise the definition “Directive 77/93/EEC” so as to include reference to Commission Directive 91/102/EEC, Commission Directive 91/103/EEC and Commission Directive 91/27/EEC (article 2(5)).