The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987 so as to—

(1) Implement Council Directive 89/439/EEC by—

(a) including the French overseas departments in the definition of Member States (article 2(1)(a)(i)); and

(b) providing that phytosanitary certificates shall be issued in the country where certain conditions are fulfilled rather than in the country of production (article 2(2) and (3));

(2) Implement Commission Directive 90/506/EEC by amending the controls imposed on certain plants in relation to the plant pests Amauromyza maculosa (Malloch), Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard),Liriomyza sativae (Blanchard) and Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) (article 2(9));

(3) Revise the controls on Verticillium Wilt Disease by—

(a) removing the distinction made between Progressive Wilt Disease and other types of Verticillium Wilt Disease so as to provide that all types of Verticillium Wilt Disease shall be notified and that hop plants which are so infected may not be kept (article 2(1)(a)(ii), (4) and (7));

(b) adding Verticillium dahliae (Kleb — Hop Wilt) to Schedule 1 Part IIIC as being a plant pest normally present in Great Britain which need not be notified (article 2(8));

(c) removing the obligation to destroy by fire hop plants infected with Progressive Wilt Disease (article 2(4));

(d) removing certain restrictions on the planting, movement for planting and sale for planting of hop plants (article 2(5) and (6)); and

(e) requiring the keeping of certain records in relation to hop plants (article 2(5));

(4) Provide that hybrids shall be included in a reference to a particular plant (article 2(1)(b));

(5) Revise the definition “Directive 77/93/EEC” (article 2(10)).