The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) Order 2018

Made: 23rd January 2018

Laid before Parliament: 24th January 2018

Coming into force

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Amendment of the Plant Health (England) Order 2015

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Signed

Gardiner of Kimble — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 23rd January 2018

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 8; section 2 was amended by paragraph 8(2)(a) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Part 1 of the table in paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) and S.I. 1990/2371, 2011/1043. Section 3(1) was amended by paragraph 8(2)(a) and (b) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 and S.I. 2011/1043. The powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1) 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 S.I. 2002/794.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2015/610; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/1827, 2016/104, 2017/8.

[^f00004]: OJ No L 125, 21.5.2015, p. 36, as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2352 (OJ No L 336. 16.12.2017, p. 31).

[^f00005]: Commission Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU implementing Council Directive 2008/90/EC as regards specific requirements for the genus and species of fruit plants referred to in Annex 1 thereto, specific requirements to be met by suppliers and detailed rules concerning official inspections (OJ No L 298, 16.10.2014, p. 22).

[^f00006]: Council Directive 2008/90/EC on the marketing of fruit propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production (OJ No L 267, 8.10.2008, p. 8), as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 1).

Editorial notes

[^key-0c9aa1f962a6c48a9a4c5230ac47be08]: Order revoked (E.) (14.1.2020) by The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1517), reg. 1, Sch. 6