The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1989

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1989-03-22
State In force
Department Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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Made: 22nd March 1989

Laid before Parliament: 5th April 1989

Coming into force

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England, the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(2)(b), 2, 3(1), (2), (3) and (4) and 4(1) of the Plant Health Act 1967[^f00001] and now vested in them[^f00002] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Title, extent, commencement and interpretation

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Amendment of the principal Order

2

The principal Order shall be amended as follows:–

  • “Beet Rhizomania Disease” means the disease caused by Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein virus;
  • “Classified basic seed potatoes” means seed potatoes produced in the protected region as defined in article 22 in relation to which a basic seed potatoes certificate has been issued in accordance with the Seed Potatoes Regulations 1984[^f00004];
  • “early potatoes” means potatoes– harvested before 31st July in the year of planting, and marketed for human consumption immediately after being harvested;
  • “official label” means a label supplied in accordance with the requirements of the Seed Potatoes Regulations 1984;

(3A) No person shall plant or cause or permit to be planted in the protected region any potatoes other than classified basic seed potatoes or one year’s direct progeny of classified basic seed potatoes where that direct progeny has been grown by that person. (3B) The provisions of paragraph (3A) above shall not apply where the area to be planted is less than 0.1 hectare or is to be used for the production of early potatoes. (3C) Any person who plants seed potatoes in the protected region other than for the production of seed potatoes shall retain and make available to an authorised officer documentary evidence showing that the seed potatoes planted were classified basic seed potatoes or were one year’s direct progeny of classified basic seed potatoes where such progeny has been grown by that person. (3D) The documentary evidence required by paragraph (3C) of this article shall be in the form of– (a) an official label together with either an invoice or delivery note; or (b) a certificate of classification where the potatoes planted are either classified basic seed potatoes, or their direct progeny, and where the seed potatoes, or their direct progeny, were produced by the certificate holder.

(24A) The restriction in article 24 shall not apply to a person who enters premises declared infected with Colorado Beetle or Beet Rhizomania Disease for the purpose of saving life or property.

(19) Anomala orientalis(Waterhouse)—Oriental beetle (20) Enarmonia prunivora(Walsh)—Lesser Appleworm (21) Naccobus aberrans(Thorne) Thorne & Allen—False Root Knot Nematode (22) Opogona sacchari(Bojer)—Sugarcane Borer (23) Premnotrypes spp (Non-European)—Andean Potato Weevils (24) Xiphinema americanum Cobbsensu lato(Non-European populations)—a Dagger Nematode (25) Thrips palmi Karny—Palm Thrips.

(3) Xyella fastidiosa(Wellset al.)—Grapevine Pierce’s disease bacterium.

(3) Gymnosporangium spp (Non-European)—Fruit Tree/Juniper Rusts. (4) Sclerotinia fructicola(Wint.) Rehm (synMonilinia fructicola(Wint.) Honey)—Fruit Brown Rot. (5) Phoma andina Turkensteen—Black Potato Blight and Leaf Spot. (6) Phyllosticta solitaria Ell. and Ev.—Apple Blotch and Canker. (7) Septoria lycopersici varmalaguttii Ciccarone and Boerema—Annular Potato Leaf Spot.

1A Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie– Rice White Tip Nematode Strawberry plants (Fragaria L.) other than the fruits and seeds
6A Pseudomonas syringae p.v. persicae(Prunieret al) Peach Canker Plants ofPrunus L. other than fruit and seeds
8A Xanthomonas ampelina Panagopoulos—Canker of Grapevine Plants of vines (Vitis L.) other than fruit and seeds
8A Puccinia pitteriana Hess—Potato Common Rust Plants ofSolanum spp.
15 Verticillium dahliae Kleb—Hop Wilt Plants of Hops (Humulus Lupulus L.)
17A Plants of genusJuniperus L. other than fruits and seeds. Countries outside Europe.
4A Plants for planting, other than seeds, originating in countries whereThrips palmi Karny is known to occur. Official statement that:– the place of production has been found free ofThrips palmi Karny and that the consignment has undergone appropriate treatment to ensure freedom fromThysanoptera.
6A Plants ofChaenomeles Lindl.,Cydonia Mill.,Crataegus L.,Malus Mill.,Photinia, Prunus L.,Pyrus L., andRosa L. Where the consignment originates in a country outside Europe the plants shall be dormant and free from leaves, flowers and fruit.
Plants of the generaCydonia Mill.,Malus Mill.,Prunus L., andPyrus L. 1 Where the consignment originates in a third country it shall be free from: a Western Cherry Fruit Fly (Rhagoletis indifferens(Curran)); b Apple Curculio (Tachypterellus quadrigibbus(Say)); 2 An official statement shall have been made:– a either that the plants were grown in a country in which viruses, or virus-like pathogens of a description specified in paragraph (1)(p) of Part ID of Schedule 1 are not known to occur inCydonia, Malus, Prunus orPyrus; or b that the plants were grown at a place of production at which no symptoms of viruses, or virus-like pathogens of a description specified in paragraph (1)(p) of Part ID of Schedule 1 have been observed during at least one official inspection carried out since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.
24A Plants of the generaCrataegus L. andMalus Mill. An official statement shall have been made that no symptoms of Apple Blotch and Canker (Phyllosticta solitaria(Ell. and Ev.)) have been observed on the plants at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation.

(1A) Where the consignment originates in a third country, in addition to being free from the plant pests listed in paragraph (1), the consignment shall be free from Strawberry Weevils (Anthonomus signatus(Say) andAnthonomus bisignifer(Schenkling)).

(7) An official statement shall have been made:– (a) that the plants were grown in a country in whichAphelenchoides besseyi Christie is not known to occur; or (b) where the consignment originates in a country in whichAphelenchoides besseyi Christie is known to occur:– (i) either that no symptoms ofAphelenchoides besseyi has been observed on plants at the place of production since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation; or (ii) that in the case of plants in tissue culture, the plants have been derived from plants which complied with paragraph (7)(b)(i) of this Item or have been officially tested by appropriate nematological methods and have been found free fromAphelenchoides besseyi.

(4) Where the consignment originates in a third country, in addition to complying with the requirements specified in paragraphs (1) to (3) of this Item, it shall be free from Verticillium Wilt of Lucerne (Verticillium albo—atrum(Reinke and Berth)).

65A Raw fruit from the genusPrunus L. Where the consignment has been landed in Great Britain between 1st March and 30th September (both dates inclusive) and the consignment originates from a country in the Southern Hemisphere an official statement shall have been made:– a either that the fruit originates in an area recognised as being free from Fruit Brown Rot (Sclerotinia fructicola(Wint.) Rehm) in accordance with the procedure laid down in article 16 of Directive 77/93/EEC; or b that the fruits have been subjected to appropriate inspections and treatment procedures prior to harvest or export to ensure freedom from Sclerotinia fructicola.
  • Commission Directive 88/271/EEC OJ No. L116, 4.5.88, p.13.
  • Commission Directive 88/272/EEC OJ No. L116, 4.5.88, p.19.
  • Commission Directive 88/430/EEC OJ No. L208, 2.8.88, p.36.
  • Council Directive 88/572/EEC OJ No. L313, 19.11.88, p.39.

Signed

In Witness whereof the Official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 19th March 1989.

John MacGregor — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Saunderson of Bowden — Minister of State, Scottish Office — 22nd March 1989

Peter Walker — Secretary of State for Wales — 22nd March 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987 (“the principal Order”) so as to–

The Order addsPuccinia horiana P. Henn (Chrysanthemum White Rust) to Schedule 1, Part IIIC of the principal Order as being a plant pest normally present in Great Britain which need not be notified (article 2(15)(d)) and adds the Canary Islands to the list of third countries from which the tubers of potatoes other than tubers of potatoes for planting may be imported (article 2(17)). The Order removes the additional conditions concerning the importation of chrysanthemum cut flowers and certain pot plants from the Netherlands (article 2(18)(c)(vii) and article 2(18)(j)).

Article 2 (2) of the Order which imposes additional requirements in respect of the planting of potatoes in Scotland, and in parts of Northumberland and Cumbria shall come into force on 1st January 1990 and all the other provisions of the Order shall come into force on 26th April 1989.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 8; sections 2(1), 3(1) and (2) and 4(1) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8; section 3(4) was substituted by section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and is to be read, as regards England and Wales, with S.I. 1984/447 and section 52(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) and, as regards Scotland, with section 289G(13) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), as inserted by section 66 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41), and S.I. 1984/526.

[^f00002]: In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1987/1758.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1984/412, amended by S.I. 1987/547, 1988/1759.

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