4.—(1) The Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(1) 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”;
(5) 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”.