Potatoes Originating in Germany (Notification) (England) Order 2001
| Year | 2001 |
2001 No. 3194
PLANT HEALTH
The Potatoes Originating in Germany (Notification) (England) Order 2001
Made 19th September 2001
Laid before Parliament 24th September 2001
Coming into force 15th October 2001
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 2, 3(1), (2) and (4) and 4(1) of the Plant Health Act 19671as read with section 20 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 19722hereby makes the following Order:
Title, extent and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Potatoes Originating in Germany (Notification) (England) Order 2001, shall extend to England, and shall come into force on 15th October 2001.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“inspector” means any person authorised to be an inspector for the purposes of the principal Order;
“the principal Order” means the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 19933;
“German potatoes” has the meaning given to it in article 3(1);
“Germany” means the Federal Republic of Germany;
“originating in Germany” means grown in Germany during the year 2001 or subsequently;
“potato” means any tuber or true seed or any other plant ofSolanum tuberosum L. or other tuber-forming species or hybrid of the genus Solanum L.; and
“seed potato” means any potato intended for planting.
(2) A reference in this Order to a numbered article is a reference to the article so numbered in this Order unless otherwise stated.
Notification of imports
3.—(1) No person shall import into England German potatoes, that is to say, any potatoes which he knows or has reasonable cause to suspect to have originated in Germany, unless he has given written notification to an inspector, at least two days prior to the intended date of introduction into England of the potatoes, of his intention to import the potatoes and of:
(a)
(a) the proposed time, date and means of introduction;
(b)
(b) the proposed point of entry;
(c)
(c) the intended use of the potatoes;
(d)
(d) in the case of seed potatoes or potatoes intended for processing, the proposed destination of the potatoes;
(e)
(e) the variety of the potatoes;
(f)
(f) the quantity of potatoes; and
(g)
(g) the producer’s identification number or the reference number of the lot.
(2) Any person who, after 30th September 2001 and before the coming into force of this Order, imported German potatoes into England shall, no later than 29th October 2001, give written notification to an inspector of—
(a)
(a) the date the potatoes were imported;
(b)
(b) the point of entry;
(c)
(c) the intended use of the potatoes;
(d)
(d) in the case of seed potatoes or potatoes intended for processing, the destination or proposed destination of the potatoes;
(e)
(e) the variety of the potatoes;
(f)
(f) the quantity of potatoes; and
(g)
(g) the producer’s identification number or the reference number of the lot.
(3) In this article, “processing” means any industrial treatment, including grading, sorting, washing and packing, whether for retail sale or not.
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