The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) Order 2006

Made: 23rd August 2006

Laid before Parliament: 25th August 2006

Coming into force: 1st October 2006

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Title and commencement

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Amendment of the Plant Health (England) Order 2005

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Signed

Barry Gardiner — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 23rd August 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Plant Health (England) Order 2005 (SI 2005/2530) (“the principal Order”) so as to implement—

Commission Directive 2005/77/EC amending Annex V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread in the Community (OJ No. L296, 12.11.2005, p.17);

Commission Decision 2005/870/EC recognising Bulgaria as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. spp sepedonicus(Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al(OJ No. L 319, 7.12.2005, p.9);

Commission Directive 2006/35/EC amending Annexes I to IV to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (OJ No. L88, 25.3.2006, p.9);

Commission Decision 2006/473/EC recognising certain third countries and areas as being free from Xanthomonas campestris(all strains pathogenic to Citrus), Cercospora angolensisCarv. et Mendes and Guignardia citricarpaKiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus) (OJ No. L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 35);

Commission Decision 2006/464/EC on provisional emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Dryocosmus kuriphilusYasumatsu (OJ No. L 183, 5.7.2006, p. 29).

The Order also makes minor amendments to the principal Order.

The main changes which this Order makes to the principal Order are to—

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (k) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A transposition note has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies of the transposition note can be obtained from Plant Health Division, Defra, Foss House, Kings Pool, Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PX. A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as it has no impact on the costs for business.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 8; sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 8; section 3(4) was substituted by section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48).

[^f00002]: Under article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Health Act 1967 which remained vested in that Minister at the date of the Order were transferred to the Secretary of State.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2005/2530.

[^f00004]: OJ No. L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 35, as corrected in OJ No. L 196, 18.7.2006, p. 26.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L 296, 12.11.2005, p. 17.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L 88, 25.3.2006, p. 9; and see the associated Commission Directive 2006/36/EC, OJ No. L 88, 25.3.2006, p. 13.

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Editorial notes

[^key-cb925a8ce8466ae38f442f65f2399e73]: Order revoked (1.7.2015) by The Plant Health (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/610), Sch. 18