The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025

Made: 2nd September 2025

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 4th September 2025

Coming into force: 13th November 2025

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[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 and comes into force on 13 November 2025.

Amendment of the Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Order 2018

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• (1) The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Order 2018[^f00002] is amended as follows.

• (2) In Article 4 (fees for export certification services)—

• (a) in paragraph (1) for “Subject to paragraph (4), a” substitute “A”,

• (b) omit paragraph (4),

• (c) omit paragraph (5).

• (3) In Article 4A (fees in connection with delegation of inspection functions) omit paragraph (2).

Signed

JIM FAIRLIE — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 2nd September 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Explanatory Note

This Order is made under sections 3(1) and 4A of the Plant Health Act 1967 and makes provision in the area of plant health fees.

Article 2 amends the Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Order 2018 to remove an exemption from export certification fees for exports from Scotland to Northern Ireland in certain circumstances.

A business and regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared in relation to these Regulations as no, or no significant impact upon businesses, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 8 (“the 1967 Act”). Section 3(1) of the 1967 Act was amended by section 4 and paragraph 8 of schedule 4 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 the 1967 Act specifies the competent authorities for the purposes of that 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.

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2018/132, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2020/466, S.S.I. 2021/88 and S.S.I. 2024/86.