Plant Health (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1997 No. 397

PLANT HEALTH

Plant Health (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Made

29th August 1997

Coming into operation

6th October 1997

The Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 2(1), 3(1)(2), 3A(3), 3B(1)(4) and 4(1)(5) of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(6) and of all powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 6th October 1997.

Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993

2.  The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993(7) shall be amended in accordance with Articles 3 and 4.

3.  In Schedule 3, Part A, item 7, there shall be inserted in the second column after the words “third countries other than:” the word “Algeria”.

4.  In Schedule 14(8) at the end there shall be added the following—

• “Commission Directive 97/14/EC”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on

L.S.

R. S. Johnston

Assistant Secretary

29th August 1997.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order further amends the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993. The Order implements as respects Northern Ireland Commission Directive 97/14/EC removing the prohibition on the import of ware potatoes from Algeria into the Community (O.J. No. L.87, 02.04.97, p. 17).

(1)

As amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2; 1979 c. 2, s. 177(1) and Sch. 4 Pt. II; and S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2)

(2)

As amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2

(3)

Inserted by S.I. 1975/1038 (N.I. 8) Art. 11(2)

(4)

Inserted by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2)

(5)

As amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2)

(6)

1967 c. 28 (N.I.)

(7)

S.R. 1993 No. 256; the relevant amending instruments are S.R. 1995 No. 250, S.R. 1995 No. 494, S.R. 1996 No. 204, S.R. 1996 No. 249 and S.R. 1997 No. 110

(8)

See S.R. 1995 No. 250 Art. 18 and Sch. 3, S.R. 1995 No. 494 Art. 7, S.R. 1996 No. 204 Art. 10, S.R. 1996 No. 249 Art. 10 and S.R. 1997 No. 110 Art. 6