2016 No. 259
Plant Health
The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Made 30th June 2016
Coming into operation 5th July 2016

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2, 3, 3A and 3B(1) of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972.
The Ministry of Agriculture became known as the Department of Agriculture by virtue of section 7(5) of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act (c.36), was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) and was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs by section 1 of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5).
1967 c.28 (N.I.); sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by S.R. & O (N.I.) 1972 No. 351, article 3 and Schedule 2. Section 2(2) was amended by 1979 c.2 section 177(1) and Schedule 4, Part II. Sections 2 and 3 were also amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I.2), Articles 15(2), 24 and Schedule.
1972 c.68 (N.I.). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and amended by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).
This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and it appears to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs that it is expedient for references to the European Union instruments mentioned in article 3(a) and 3(b) to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
1972 c.62. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)