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28.—(1) If the presence of Potato Ring Rot is confirmed in a sample of specified plant material following official testing carried out pursuant to paragraph 27(2)(a) of this schedule or sub-paragraph (2), the Scottish Ministers must ensure that—
(a)the specified plant material, the consignment or lot and any object from which the sample was taken and, where appropriate, the place of production and field from which the specified plant material was harvested are designated as contaminated by a plant health inspector,
(b)a plant health inspector determines the extent of the probable contamination through pre- or post-harvest contact or through any production link with anything designated as contaminated under head (a), taking into account the provisions in point 1 of Annex 3 to Directive 93/85/EEC,
(c)a zone is demarcated by a plant health inspector on the basis of the designation made under head (a), taking into account the provisions in point 2 of Annex 3 to Directive 93/85/EEC.
(2) Where specified plant material has been designated as contaminated under sub-paragraph (1)(a), the Scottish Ministers must ensure that testing is carried out on potato stocks which are clonally related to that specified plant material in the manner specified in paragraph 27(2) of this schedule in order to determine the probable primary source of infection and the extent of the probable contamination.
(3) Any such testing must be carried out on as much specified plant material as is necessary to determine the probable primary source of infection and the extent of the probable contamination.
(4) Where any specified plant material or object is determined by a plant health inspector under sub-paragraph (1)(b) to be probably contaminated, the plant health inspector must designate that material or object as probably contaminated.
(5) Any designation by a plant health inspector under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (4) must be made by notice served under regulation 15.
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I1Sch. 2 para. 28 in force at 14.12.2019, see reg. 1(1)
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