SCHEDULE 5Amendments to secondary legislation

PART 4The Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

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1

The Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201660 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1), at the appropriate place insert—

  • “the EU Plant Health Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC;

  • “the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations” means the Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019;

3

In regulation 11(11), after “these Regulations” insert “, the EU Plant Health Regulation”.

4

In Schedule 1—

a

in paragraph 3(d)—

i

in sub-paragraph (i), for “article 32(4) of the Plant Health Order” substitute “Parts 3 to 5 of Schedule 2 to the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (ii), for “article 38(7) of the Plant Health Order” substitute “Part 6 of Schedule 2 to the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations”;

b

in paragraph 4(1)(b), for “Schedule 15 to the Plant Health Order” substitute “Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations”;

c

in paragraph 6(b), for “Schedule 15 to the Plant Health Order” substitute “Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations”;

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In Schedule 5, in paragraph 3(b)—

a

in sub-paragraph (i), for “article 32(4) of the Plant Health Order” substitute “Parts 3 to 5 of Schedule 2 to the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations”;

b

in sub-paragraph (ii), for “article 38(7) of the Plant Health Order” substitute “Part 6 of Schedule 2 to the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations”.