Amendment of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967
2.—(1) The Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 2(1), for “Community” substitute “retained EU law or relevant Protocol”.
(3) After section 2(2), insert—
“(2A) In this section—
“relevant Protocol obligation” means any obligation created or arising by or under the relevant part of the Northern Ireland Protocol, whether or not an obligation to which section 7A(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 applies;
“the relevant part of the Northern Ireland Protocol” means article 5(4) of the Northern Ireland Protocol so far as relating to sections 41 and 42 of Annex 2 to that Protocol;
“the Northern Ireland Protocol” means the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement.”.
(4) In section 3(1), for “Community” substitute “retained EU law or relevant Protocol”.
(5) After section 3(1), insert—
“(1A) In this section, “relevant Protocol obligation” has the meaning given by section 2(2A).”.