The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) Order 2016

Made: 1st February 2016

Laid before Parliament: 3rd February 2016

Coming into force: 24th February 2016

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Citation and commencement

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Amendment of the Plant Health (England) Order 2015

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Article 15 (general provisions relating to certificates)

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Article 19 (prohibitions on the introduction of plant pests and relevant material from the European Union)

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Article 19A

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Article 22 (exceptions from certain prohibitions and requirements)

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Article 46 (offences)

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Schedule 3 (relevant material which may not be introduced into England if that material originates in certain third countries)

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Schedule 4 (restrictions on the introduction into and movement within England of relevant material)

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Schedule 6 (prohibitions on the introduction into or movement within England of relevant material without a plant passport)

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Schedule 7 (prohibitions on the consignment of relevant material to another part of the European Union without a plant passport)

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Signed

Gardiner of Kimble — Lords Spokesman — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 1st February 2016

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c.8; section 2 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), Schedule 4, paragraph 8(2)(a), the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c.2), Schedule 4, paragraph 12 and S.I. 1990/2371, 2011/1043. Section 3(1) was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), Schedule 4, paragraph 8(2)(a) and (b) and S.I. 2011/1043. Section 3(4) was substituted by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48), section 42 and amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c.50). The powers conferred by sections 2 and 3 are conferred on a “competent authority”, which is defined in section 1(2). Section 1(2) provides that the Secretary of State is the competent authority for England otherwise than as regards the protection of forest trees and timber from attack by pests.

[^f00002]: The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Health Act 1967, in so far as they were not exercisable in relation to Wales, 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. 2015/610, amended by S.I. 2015/1827.

[^f00004]: Article 22(3) and (5) was amended by S.I. 2015/1827, article 4.

[^f00005]: OJ No L 125, 21.5.2015, p. 36, as amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2417 (OJ No L 333, 19.12.2015, p. 143).

[^f00006]: There are amendments to article 46(1)(a), but none is relevant.

[^f00007]: Schedule 3 was amended by S.I. 2015/1827, article 9.

[^f00008]: Items 98 and 98A of Part A of Schedule 4 were inserted by S.I. 2015/1827, article 10(1)(d); there are other amendments to Part A of Schedule 4, but none is relevant.

[^f00009]: Part A of Annex IV to Council Directive 2000/29/EC (OJ No L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 (OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 1).

[^f00010]: OJ No L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 35, as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1175 (OJ No L 189, 17.7.2015, p. 39).

[^f00011]: OJ No L 196, 3.7.2014, p. 21.

[^f00012]: Item 51 of Part B of Schedule 4 was substituted by S.I. 2015/1827, article 10(2)(b); there are other amendments to Part B of Schedule 4, but none is relevant.

[^f00013]: OJ No L 132, 23.5.2012, p. 18, as amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2014/679/EU (OJ No L 283, 27.9.2014, p. 61).

[^f00014]: Paragraph 17 of Part A of Schedule 6 was substituted by S.I. 2015/1827, article 12(b); there are other amendments to Part A of Schedule 6, but none is relevant.

[^f00015]: Paragraph 17 of Part A of Schedule 7 was substituted by S.I. 2015/1827, article 13(b); there are other amendments to Part A of Schedule 6, but none is relevant.

Editorial notes