The Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) Order 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order implements Council Directive 98/57/EC, on the control of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al., by amending the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 (“the 1993 Order”) in its application to Wales. This Order —

(a) introduces further controls on planting seed potatoes (article 2(2));

(b) inserts a new Schedule into the 1993 Order containing special measures for controlling the spread of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. (article 2(2) and 2(5));

(c) provides for the demarcation of a zone to prevent the spread of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. (article 2(3));

(d) substitutes all references to “Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith” in the 1993 Order with the term “Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.” (article 2(4)).

A Welsh text of this Order has not been prepared since the 1993 Order is in the English language only.