The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011

Amendments to the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

2.—(1) The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2(1)(2), at the appropriate place, insert—

“”Decision 2008/840/EC” means Commission Decision 2008/840/EC on emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Anoplophorachinensis (Forster), as amended from time to time;”

(3) In Schedule 3(3) for the entry in column (3) corresponding to item 10, substitute—

“Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and any third country not in mainland Europe, other than Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco or Tunisia”.

(4) In Schedule 3, after item 15, insert the text contained in the following table—

“15a

Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Acer spp. until the end of April 2012

China”.

(5) In Schedule 4(4), Part A—

(a) for the entry in column (2) corresponding to item 53, substitute-

“Soil or growing medium that—

(a) is attached to, or accompanies, plants for the purpose of sustaining the vitality of those plants;

(b) consists—

(i) wholly or partly of soil or any solid organic substance such as parts of plants or humans (including peat or bark); or

(ii) partly of any solid inorganic substance; and

(c) originates from—

(i) Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey or the Ukraine; or

(ii) any country outside Europe, other than Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco or Tunisia”; and

(b) For item 82(5), substitute the text contained in the following table—

“82	Specified plants within the meaning of Article 1(a) of Decision 2008/840/EC originating in China	Without prejudice to the requirements in Schedule 3, items 4, 12 and 14 and items 11, 12, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55, 60, 61, 64, 65 and 70 of Part A of this Schedule the plants shall be accompanied by an official statement containing the information in point 1 of Section 1(B) of Annex 1 to Decision 2008/840/EC and shall comply with the requirements set out in Article 2a(1)(c) of Decision 2008/840/EC.
83	Specified plants within the meaning of Article 1(a) of Decision 2008/840/EC originating in any third country where Anoplophorachinensis (Forster) is known to occur, other than China	Without prejudice to the requirements in Schedule 3, items 4, 12 and 14 and items 11, 12, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55, 60, 61, 64, 65 and 70 of Part A of this Schedule the plants shall be accompanied by an official statement containing the information in point (1) of Section 1(A) of Annex 1 to Decision 2008/840/EC.”.

(1)

S.R. 2006 No. 82, as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 165, S.R. 2006 No. 435, S.R. 2007 No. 333, S.R. 2007 No. 483, S.R. 2008 No. 205, S.R. 2008, No. 442, S.R. 2009 No. 179, S.R. 2010 No. 197, S.R. 2010 No. 232, S.R. 2010 No. 307.

(2)

There are amendments to this Article that are not relevant to this Order.

(3)

There are amendments to Schedule 3 that are not relevant to this Order.

(4)

There are amendments to Schedule 4 that are not relevant to this Order.

(5)

As inserted by the Plant Health (Amendment No.3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008, S.R. 2008 No.493