The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2021
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2021/88 |
| Year | 2021 |
S C O T T I S H S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S
2021 No. 88
PLANT HEALTH
The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment
Order 2021
Made - - - - 18th February 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22nd February 2021
Coming into force - - 1st April 2021
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections
3(1) and 4A of the Plant Health Act 1967(a) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland)
Amendment Order 2021 and comes into force on 1 April 2021.
(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.
Amendment of the Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Order 2018
2.—(1) The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Order 2018(b) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 4 (fees for export certification services)—
(a) in paragraph (1) for “A person” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4), a person”,
(b) after paragraph (3) insert—
“(4) The fees specified at entries 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15 and 16 in the schedule are not
payable in relation to a consignment—
(a) destined for delivery to a professional operator based in Northern Ireland,
(b) transported into Northern Ireland by a private individual and which is not intended
to be placed on the market, or
(c) destined for delivery to a private individual who is resident in Northern Ireland and
which is not intended to be placed on the market.
(a) 1967 c.8 (“the 1967 Act”). Section 3(1) of the 1967 Act was amended by section 4 and schedule 4, paragraph 8 of the
European Communities Act 1972 (c.68) and S.I. 2020/1482. Section 4A of the 1967 Act was inserted by section 3 of the
Agriculture Act 1986 (c.49). Section 1(2) of t he 1967 Act specifies the competent authorities for the purposes of the Act.
The functions of the Secretary of State insofar as exercisable within devolved competence were transferred to the Scottish
Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed
by section 55 of that Act.
(b) S.S.I. 2018/132, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2020/466.
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