The Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015

Amendment of Schedule 1

7.—(1) In Schedule 1 (plant pests which shall not be landed in or spread within Scotland), in Part A (plant pests not known to occur in any part of the European Union)—

(a) under the heading “Insects, mites and nematodes”—

(i) after item 1, insert—

“1a. Agrilus anxius Gory

1b. Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire”;

(ii) after item 5, insert—

“5a. Anthonomus eugenii Cano”; and

(iii) for item 15a(1), substitute—

“15a. Diaphorina citri Kuway”;

(b) under the heading “Bacteria”, for item 1 substitute—

“1. Candidatus Liberibacter spp., causal agent of Huanglongbing disease of citrus/ citrus greening”; and

(c) under the heading “Fungi”, omit item 9.

(2) In Schedule 1, in Part B (plant pests known to occur in the European Union)—

(a) under the heading “Insects, mites and nematodes”—

(i) after item 1, insert—

“1aa. Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Bührer) Nickle et al.

1a. Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu”; and

(ii) after item 11, insert—

“12. Thaumatopoea processionea L.

13. Trioza erytreae Del Guercio”; and

(b) under the heading “Bacteria”, after item 3(2), insert—

“4. Xylella fastidiosa (Well and Raju)”.

(1)

Item 15a was inserted by S.S.I. 2006/474.

(2)

Item 3 was inserted by S.S.I. 2013/187.