SUGAR BEET EELWORM ORDER, 1943. Dated JULY 29, 1943.
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1943/1136 |
| Year | 1943 |
1943 No. 1136
DESTRUCTIVE INSECT AND PEST
(v) Sugar Beet Eelworm
THE SUGAR BEET EELWORM ORDER, 1943. DATED JULY 29, 1943.In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts, 1877 to 1927, and of every other power enabling him in this behalf the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby makes the following Order:—
Short Title
1. This Order may be cited as the Sugar Beet Eelworm Order, 1943.
Application and Commencement
2. This Order shall apply to all land, other than allotment gardens and private gardens, in England and Wales, and shall come into operation on the fifteenth day of August nineteen hundred and forty-three.
Definitions
3. In this Order:—
"Sugar beet eelworm" means Heterodera Schachtii Schmidt, restricted to the species or race that attacks plants of the orders Chenopodiaceae and Cruciferae.
"Allotment garden" has the same meaning as in the Allotments Act, 1922.
"War Agricultural Executive Committee" means (a) in relation to a county, the committee for that county whereof the members are authorised to exercise as respects land in that county any powers of the Minister under regulations made under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939; and (b) in relation to a county borough, the committee whereof the members are authorised to exercise within that borough any of the powers aforesaid.
"Infected Area" means the areas described in the Schedule hereto and any other area in England and Wales which is for the time being certified by the Minister to be an Infected Area for the purposes of this Order.
Restrictions on Planting
4.—(1) Except under and in accordance with the provisions of a licence issued by the War Agricultural Executive Committee for the County or County Borough within which the land is situated (hereinafter referred to as "the Committee"), no person shall sow or cause or permit to be sown any seed or plant or cause or permit to be planted any plant of sugar beet, mangold, red beet, spinach, cabbage, kale, cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts, turnip, swede, mustard, cress, radish, kohlrabi or rope
(a) on any land in which sugar beet eelworm is known to exist,
(b) on any land situated within an Infected Area on which any of the crops aforementioned have been grown during the two preceding years.
(2) The Committee may by notice in writing served on the occupier or other person in charge of any land on which any crop is being...
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