Scottish Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 242
Plant Health
The Plant Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2019
Made
at 10.15 a.m. on 12th July 2019
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
at 3 p.m. on 12th July 2019
Coming into force
16th July 2019
The Scottish Ministers, make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1) of the Plant Health Act 1967(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Sections 2 and 3(1) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), section 4(1) and schedule 4, paragraph 8 and further amended by S.I. 2011/1043. The powers conferred by sections 2 and 3 are conferred on a “competent authority”, defined in section 1(2) of the 1967 Act. The Scottish Ministers are the competent authorities for the purposes of the 1967 Act by virtue of amendments made to section 1(2) of that Act by the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018.