The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2007

Made: 9th October 2007

Laid before Parliament: 11th October 2007

Coming into force: 1st November 2007

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Title, commencement, extent and application

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Amendments to the Plant Health (England) Order 2005

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Prevention of the introduction into and spread within the European Community of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier)

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Prevention of the introduction into and spread within the European Community of Gibberella circinata Nirenberg & O’Donnell

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Prevention of the introduction and spread of Potato spindle tuber viroid

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Measures in respect of certain citrus fruits

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Miscellaneous amendments

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Signed

Jeff Rooker — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 9th October 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Plant Health (England) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2530) (“the principal Order”) so as to implement the instruments below—

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

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

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

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

This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) and references to the Decisions listed in (a), (b), (c) and (d) are to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

Articles 3, 4 and 5 make various amendments to Schedules 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 to the principal Order so as to apply the restrictions on the landing in and movement within England of certain plant material (described in each article) from third countries and other parts of the European Community and the requirements for phytosanitary certificates and plant passports to the plant material listed in order to prevent the introduction into and spread within England of, respectively, the following plant pests: Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier), Gibberella circinata Nirenberg & O’Donnell, Potato spindle tuber viroid.

Article 6 amends Schedule 4 to the principal Order so as to apply special requirements in respect of certain citrus fruits originating in Brazil.

Article 7 amends the definition of “Directive [2000/29/EC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2000/0029)” so as to incorporate within it Commission Directive [2007/41/EC](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2007/0041) and adds *Vitis* L. to the list of plants in Part B of Schedule 7 to the principal Order requiring a plant passport if they are to be consigned to a protected zone in another part of the European Community.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. A Transposition Note is available and can be obtained from Plant Health Division, Defra, Foss House, Kings Pool, Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PX.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 8; sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8.

[^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. These functions were transferred from the National Assembly for Wales to the Welsh Ministers under section 162 of, and paragraph 30(1) and (2) of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). 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]: 1972 c. 68. Schedule 2, paragraph 1A, inserted by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 28, provides for the inclusion in subordinate legislation of references to European Community instruments as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2005/2530, amended by S.I. 2006/2307 and S.I. 2007/1893.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L 139, 31.5.2007, p. 24.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L 161, 22.6.2007, p. 66.

[^f00007]: OJ No. L 155, 15.6.2007, p. 71.

[^f00008]: OJ No. L 151, 30.4.2004, p. 76, amended by Commission Decision 2007/347/EC, OJ No. L 130, 22,5,2007, p. 46.

[^f00009]: OJ No. L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2007/41/EC, OJ No. L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 51.

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Editorial notes

[^key-fae433c7b032c2b0164cb9052ea4058a]: Order revoked (1.7.2015) by The Plant Health (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/610), Sch. 18