The Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment Order 2018

Amendment of schedule 2

10.—(1) In schedule 2 (relevant material which may not be landed in or moved within Scotland if that material is carrying or infected with plant pests), in Part A (plant pests not known to occur in the European Union)—

(a) under the heading “Insects, mites and nematodes”, for column 3 of item 5 substitute “Aonidiella citrina Coquillett”;

(b) under the heading “Bacteria” omit item 4; and

(c) under the heading “Fungi” omit item 12(1).

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

(a) under the heading “Insects, mites and nematodes” after item 12 insert—

“13.	Plants of Palmae, intended for planting, having a diameter of the stem at the base of over 5 cm and belonging to the following taxa: Areca catechu L., Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr., Bismarckia Hildebr. & H. Wendl., Borassus flabellifer L., Brahea armata S. Watson, Brahea edulis H. Wendl., Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc., Calamus merrillii Becc., Caryota maxima Blume, Caryota cumingii Lodd. ex Mart., Chamaerops humilis L., Cocos nucifera L., Copernicia Mart., Corypha utan Lam., Elaeis guineenis Jacq., Howea forsteriana Becc., Jubaea chilensis (Molina) Baill., Livistona australis C. Martius, Livistona decora (W. Bull) Dowe, Livistonia rotundifolia (Lam.) Mart., Metroxylon sagu Rottb., Phoenix canariensis Chabaud, Phoenix dactylifera L.,Phoenix reclinata Jacq., Phoenix roebelenii O’Brien, Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb., Phoenix theophrasti Greuter, Pritchardia Seem. & H. Wendl., Ravenea rivularis Jum. & H. Perrier, Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F. Cook, Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f., Syagrus roman zoffiana (Cham.) Glassman,Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H. Wendl. or Washingtonia Raf.	Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier)
14.	Plants, other than fruit or seeds, of Pinus L., intended for planting	Thaumetopoea pityocampa Denis & Schiffermüller”;

(b) under the heading “Bacteria”, for column 3 of item 8 substitute “Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Smith) Vauterin et al”; and

(c) under the heading “Viruses and virus-like organisms”—

(i) after item 2 insert—

“2a.

Plants, other than seeds, of Ulmus L., intended for planting

Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi”;

and

(ii) after item 7 insert—

“7a.

Plants intended for planting (including seeds) of Solanum lycopersicum L., Capsicum annuum L., Capsicum frutescens L. and plants of Solanum tuberosum L.

Potato spindle tuber viroid”.

(1)

Item 12 was amended to update the scientific name of the fungus by S.S.I 2015/10. Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der Aa was previously referred to as Guignardia citricarpa Kiely (all strains pathogenic to Citrus).