Import and Export (Plant Health)(Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1986
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1986/195 |
| Year | 1986 |
1986 No. 195
PLANT HEALTH
The Import and Export (Plant Health)(Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 19866thFebruary 1986
17thFebruary 1986
10thMarch 1986
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 2 and 3(1) and (2) of the Plant Health Act 1967(a), and now vested in them (b), and of every other power enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—
Title, extent and commencement
1. This order may be cited as the Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1986, shall apply to Great Britain and shall come into operation on 10th March 1986.
Amendment of principal order
2. The Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) Order 1980(c) is amended as follows:—
(1) The following are omitted:—
(a) In Article 3(1) (interpretation) the definition of "non-indigenous plant pest";
(b) Article 5(b) (prohibition of the landing of certain non-indigenous plant pests); and
(c) Article 13(1)(b) and (c) (action in relation to the landing of plants etc carrying certain plant pests).
(2) For sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (2) of Article 13 there is substituted the following sub-paragraph:—
"(b) such plant, plant product or soil is carrying or infected with any plant pest which is not normally present in Great Britain and in respect of
(a) 1967 c. 8; sections 2(1), 3(1) and (2) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8.
(b) In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.
(c) S.I. 1980/420, to which there are amendments not relevant to this order.
which there is in the opinion of the inspector an imminent danger of its spreading or being spread in Great Britain;".
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 6th February 1986.
Michael Jopling, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food.
(L.S.)
Malcolm Rifkind, Secretary of State for Scotland.
5th February 1986.
Nicholas Edwards, Secretary of State for Wales.
4th February 1986.
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