The Plant Health (Phytophthora ramorum) (England) (Amendment) Order 2007

Made: 21st July 2007

Laid before Parliament: 25th July 2007

Coming into force: 15th August 2007

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Title and commencement

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Amendments to the Plant Health (Phytophthora ramorum) (England) Order 2004

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Signed

Jeff Rooker — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 21st July 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Plant Health (Phytophthora ramorum) (England) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2590) (“the Order”) so as to implement Commission Decision 2007/201/EC amending Decision 2002/757/EC on provisional emergency phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in ‘t Veld sp. nov (O.J. No. L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 83) and to make other minor changes. The principal changes made are—

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A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 8; sections 2(1) and 3(1) and (2) 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).

[^f00002]: Under the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No.1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), article 2(1) and Schedule 1, the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Health Act 1967 were, so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State; and under the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1, the functions transferred to the Secretary of State by the 1978 Order were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales. Under article 2(1) and (2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), the remaining functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Health Act 1967 were transferred to the Secretary of State.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2004/2590.

[^f00004]: Sections 49 and 50 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c.2) provide respectively for forfeiture of goods improperly imported and penalties for improper importation of goods.

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Editorial notes

[^key-f1b3bfaf8c07cb60608f7142cbcd90c9]: Order revoked (1.7.2015) by The Plant Health (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/610), Sch. 18