The Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013

Made: 9th January 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 11th January 2013

Coming into force: 9th February 2013

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Citation and commencement

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Amendments to the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005

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Substitution of article 19A

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Amendment of Schedule 4

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Revocations

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Signed

RICHARD LOCHHEAD — A member of the Scottish Government — 2013-01-09

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005 (“the principal Order”) and includes measures to prevent the introduction and spread of certain plant pests, in particular,Clavibacter michiganensisssp.sepedonicus(Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Daviset al., a cause of potato ring rot andEpitrix cucumeris(Harris),Epitrix similaris(Gentner),Epitrix subcrinita(Lec.) andEpitrix tuberis(Gentner), known commonly as potato flea beetles.

Article 3 replaces article 19A of the principal Order to require any person who intends to import certain potatoes into Scotland to give an authorised plant health inspector prior written notice of the import.

Article 4 , amends Part B of Schedule 4 to the principal Order, to require certain potatoes which originate in Poland and are imported into Scotland to be accompanied by an official certificate confirming that the potatoes have been found to be free from*Clavibacter michiganensis*ssp.*sepedonicus*(Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis*et al.* in official laboratory tests.

Article 5 revokes the Potatoes Originating in Poland (Notification) (Scotland) Order 2004, the Potatoes Originating in Poland (Notification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008 and article 4(2) of the Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008.

A business and regulatory impact assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies may be obtained from the Scottish Government Agriculture, Food and Rural Communities Directorate, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh EH11 3XD and online atwww.legislation.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c.8. Sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by the European Communities Act1972 (c.68) (“the 1972 Act”), section4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8 and further amended by S.I.2011/1043. Section 3(4) was substituted by the Criminal Justice Act1982 (c.48), section42 and the Statute Law (Repeals) Act1993 (c.50), section1(1) and Schedule 1, Part XIV. There are other amendments which are not relevant to this Order. The functions of the Secretary of State, so far as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act1998 (c.46).

[^f00002]: 1972 c.62.

[^f00003]: S.S.I.2005/613, amended by S.S.I.2006/474, 2007/415 and 498, 2008/300 and 350, 2009/153, 2010/206 and 342, S.I.2011/1043,S.S.I. 2012/266 and2012/326.

[^f00004]: Article 19A was inserted byS.S.I. 2008/300.

[^f00005]: Item 19a was inserted by S.S.I. 2012/266.

[^f00006]: S.S.I. 2004/255, amended by S.S.I.2008/299.

[^f00007]: S.S.I. 2008/299.

[^f00008]: S.S.I. 2008/300.

Editorial notes

[^key-5bb14c7a4a7e6d9f69b5cb7f2d156a20]: Order revoked (14.12.2019) by The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/421), reg. 1(1), sch. 6