The Potatoes Originating in Poland (Notification) (Scotland) Order 2004
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2004/255 |
SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2004 No. 255
PLANT HEALTH
The Potatoes Originating in Poland (Notification) (Scotland)
Order 2004
Made - - - - 1st June 2004
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 2nd June 2004
Coming into force - - 24th June 2004
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1) and (2), 3(1), (2) and
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972(b), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf,
hereby make the following Order:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Potatoes Originating in Poland (Notification) (Scotland)
Order 2004 and shall come into force on 24th June 2004.
(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order–
“inspector” means any person authorised by the Scottish Ministers to be an inspector for the
purposes of the principal Order;
“Polish potatoes” means any potato which is imported and which the person importing it
knows or has reasonable cause to suspect to have been grown in the Republic of Poland during
the year 2003 or subsequently;
“potato” means any tuber or true seed or any other plant of Solanum tuberosum L. or other
tuber-forming species or hybrid of the genus Solanum L.;
“processing” means any industrial treatment, including grading, sorting, washing and packing,
whether for retail sale or not;
“seed potato” means any potato intended for planting; and
(2) A reference in this Order to anything done in writing or produced in written form, including
the service of a notice by virtue of article 4 below in exercise of a power conferred by article 22(1)
or (2) of the principal Order, includes a reference to an electronic communication, as defined in
(a) 1967 c.8; sections 2(1), 3(1) and (2) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), section 4(1), Schedule 4,
paragraph 8; section 3(4) was su bstituted by section 42 of the Cri minal Justice Act 1982 (c.48); th e functions of the
Secretary of State were transferred to t he Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).
(b) 1972 c.62.
(c) S.I. 1993/1320; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/1358, 1998/2245 and S.S.I. 1999/ 22.
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