EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No.66) (‘the principle Order’) so as to implement Commission Directive 2009/118/EC amending Annexes II to V of Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (OJ No L 239, 10.09.2009, p51).
Article 2(2) makes the references to Council Directive 2000/29/EC in the principal Order ambulatory.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as there will be minimal impact on the private or voluntary sectors.