The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) Order 2014

Made: 7th April 2014

Laid before Parliament: 14th April 2014

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

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Title and commencement

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Amendment of the Plant Health (England) Order 2005

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Article 19 (prohibitions on landing plant pests and relevant material)

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Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte

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Signed

de Mauley — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 7th April 2014

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c.8. Sections 2 and 3(1) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), Schedule 4, paragraph 8 and S.I. 2011/1043, article 6(1). Section 2(2) was amended by the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c.2), Schedule 4, paragraph 12. Section 2(3) was inserted by S.I. 1990/2371, Schedule 1, paragraph 1. The powers conferred by sections 2 and 3 are conferred on a “competent authority”, which is defined in section 1(2), for England and Scotland as regards the protection of forest trees and timber from attack by pests, as the Forestry Commissioners and otherwise, for England, as the Secretary of State.

[^f00002]: The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Health Act 1967 were, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No.1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272). Those functions were transferred from the Secretary of State to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32). The remaining functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).

[^f00003]: S.I. 2005/2530; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/2411, 2009/587, 2011/1043, 2013/23, 2687.

[^f00004]: Article 19(6) was inserted by S.I. 2013/23, article 2(3) and amended by S.I 2013/2687, article 5.

[^f00005]: Article 19(8) was inserted by S.I. 2013/23, article 2(3).

[^f00006]: Part 7A was inserted by S.I. 2008/2411, article 2(5).

[^f00007]: Part B of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2011/1043, article 4(1). Item 1a was inserted by S.I. 2009/587, article 2(4). There are other amendments to Part B of Schedule 1, but none is relevant.

Editorial notes

[^key-a763482512ff4cb391de6952a37c1c6f]: Order revoked (1.7.2015) by The Plant Health (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/610), Sch. 18

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