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2002 No. 273

PLANT HEALTH

The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

  Made 30th August 2002 
  Coming into operation 23rd September 2002 

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development[1], in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 2[2], 3(1)[3], 3A[4], 3B[5] and 4(1)[6] of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967[7] and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 23rd September 2002.

Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993
    
2. The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993[8] shall be amended in accordance with Articles 3 to 9.

     3. In Article 3(1) (Interpretation) for the definition of "Directive 2000/29/EC" there shall be substituted -

     4. In Schedule 1, Part B, Section B (Viruses and Virus-Like Organisms) in column (3) opposite Item 1 after the words "United Kingdom" there shall be inserted "(Northern Ireland)".

    
5. In Schedule 2, Part B, Section B (Bacteria) for the entries in column (4) opposite Item 2 there shall be substituted -

     6. In Schedule 3, Part B, (Plants And Plant Products Which May Not Be Introduced Into Or Kept Within Certain Protected Zones) for the entries in column (3) opposite Item 1 there shall be substituted -

     7. In Schedule 4, Part B (Conditions To Be Met Before Plants, Plant Products And Other Objects May Be Introduced Into Or Moved Within Certain Protected Zones):

     8. In Schedule 8, Part B (Bacteria) for the entry in column (3) opposite Item 2 there shall be substituted -

     9. In Schedule 8, Part D (Viruses and Virus-Like Organisms):



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on


30th August 2002.

L.S.


L McKibben
A Senior Officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order.)


This Order amends the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 ("the principal Order") so as to implement certain elements of Commission Directives 2002/29/EC (O.J. No. L77, 20.3.02, p. 26) and 2002/28/EC (O.J. No. L77, 20.3.02, p. 23) which are not implemented in other legislation. Directive 2002/29/EC amends the protected zones established under Council Directive 2000/29/EC (O.J. No. L169, 10.7.00, p .1) ("the principal Plant Health Directive") and scheduled in the Annex to Commission Directive 2001/32/EC (O.J. No. L127, 9.5.01, p. 38). Directive 2002/28/EC provides for consequential amendments to certain Annexes of the principal Plant Health Directive.

The amendments in this Order implementing Directive 2002/28/EC are at Articles 3 to 8 inclusive. Directive 2002/29/EC is implemented by Article 9 which amends Schedule 8 to the principal Order. The principal changes to the protected zones are removal of Great Britain from the protected zone in respect of Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (known as rhizomania), and re-definition of the Italian and Austrian protected zones in respect of the bacterium Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al (known as fireblight). An amendment is made to the description of Citrus tristeza virus in Schedule 8 by Article 9.

An additional amendment is made to the definition of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in Article 3(1) of the principal Order so as to incorporate amendments made to it by Commission Directive 2002/28/EC (Article 3).


Notes:

[1] Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.1. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Art. 3(4)back

[2] As amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2; 1979 c. 2, s. 177(1) and Sch. 4 Pt. II; and S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2)back

[3] As amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2back

[4] Inserted by S.I. 1975/1038 (N.I.8) Art. 11(2)back

[5] Inserted by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I.2) Art. 15(2)back

[6] As amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I.2) Art. 15(2)back

[7] 1967 c. 28 (N.I.)back

[8] S.R. 1993 No. 256 as amended by S.R. 1994 No. 28, S.R. 1995 No. 164, No. 250 and No. 494, S.R. 1996 No. 204 and No. 249, S.R. 1997 No. 110 and No. 397, S.R. 1998 No. 16, No. 146 and No. 315, S.R. 1999 No. 24, S.R. 2000 No. 126, S.R. 2001 No. 188, and No. 437back

[9] O.J. No. L169, 10.7.00, p.1back

[10] O.J. No. L127, 9.5.01, p. 42; and see the associated Commission Directive 2001/31/EC, O.J. No. L127, 9.5.01, p. 38back

[11] O.J. No. L77, 20.3.02, p. 23; and see the associated Commission Directive 2002/29/EC, O.J. No. L77, 20.3.02, p. 26back



ISBN 0 33794346 X


  © Crown copyright 2002

Prepared 10 September 2002


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