http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/206The Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010 (revoked)Plant healthPlantsEuropean UnionPests and pest controlenPLANT HEALTHStatute Law Database2024-05-20Expert Participation2019-12-14 This Order amends the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005 (“the principal Order”) so as to implement Council Directive 2007/33/EC of 11th June 2007 on the control of potato cyst nematodes and repealing Directive 69/465/EEC (O.J. L156, 16.6.2007, p.12). 2010 No. 206Plant HealthThe Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010 (revoked)<CommentaryRef Ref="key-99f35b7af0f8e354cffd72a476b461a1"/>Made19th May 2010Laid before the Scottish Parliament21st May 2010Coming into force1st July 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation, commencement and extent1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amendments to the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 20052. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amendment of article 2 (general interpretation)3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amendment of Part 6 (measures to control the landing of relevant material and prevent the spread of plant pests)4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amendment of Part 7 (planting of, and control of plant pests on, certain solanaceous species)5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Insertion of article 38A (interpretation of Part 7)6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amendment of article 39 (miscellaneous provisions for certain solanaceous species)7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amendment of article 45 (offences)8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amendment of Schedule 2 (relevant material which may not be landed in or moved within Scotland if that material is carrying or infected with plant pests)9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schedule 15 (special measures for the control of Potato Cyst Nematode)10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Insertion of Schedule 15A (species to which controls apply)11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Savings provision12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 1Article 10SCHEDULE 15Special measures for the control of Potato Cyst NematodeArticle 39(6) and (8)Sampling and testing1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Control Measures7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SCHEDULE 2Article 11SCHEDULE 15ASpecies to which controls applyArticle 39(8), (9)(b) and (10)

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 <CommentaryRef Ref="key-99f35b7af0f8e354cffd72a476b461a1"/>EXPLANATORY NOTE(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005 (“the principal Order”) so as to implement Council Directive 2007/33/EC of 11th June 2007 on the control of potato cyst nematodes and repealing Directive 69/465/EEC (O.J. L156, 16.6.2007, p.12).

Article7 makes various amendments to article 39 of the principal Order so as to prevent the planting of seed potatoes and the plants listed in the new Schedule 15A, unless an official soil test has found that the area in which they were grown was not infested with Potato Cyst Nematode.

The official soil test is to be carried out in accordance with the procedures that are now set out in Schedule15 (articles 7 and 10 and Schedule1) and must be carried out either—a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Article 7 also amends article 39 of the principal Order to set out 5 categories which are to be exempt from the soil test requirement. The exemptions apply to—a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Article 8 adds article 39(8) to the offence provision in article 45(1) of the principal Order.

Article 9 makes a minor correction to Part B of Schedule 2.

Schedule 15 of the principal Order is replaced to set out the sampling and testing requirements and to introduce new measures for the control of Potato Cyst Nematode (article 10 and Schedule1). This Schedule also provides that, in infested areas, the planting of potatoes, not intended for the production of seed potatoes, may be authorised in accordance with the official control programme for the suppression of Potato Cyst Nematode (paragraphs9 and 10 of Schedule 15 as substituted by Schedule 1). Copies of the official control programme and full details of parish boundaries can be obtained from Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate (SGRPID) Area Offices and from www.scotland.gov.uk/potatocystnematode.

A new Schedule 15A is inserted which lists the species to which the new controls apply (article11 and Schedule 2).

Licences served under article40 of the principal Order in accordance with Schedule15, in the form as it was prior to amendment by this Order, permitting the growing of potatoes not intended for the production of seed potatoes will remain in force through the 2010 growing season (article12).

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for this instrument. Copies are available from Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA), Roddinglaw Road, Edinburgh, EH129FJ and at www.scotland.gov.uk/potatocystnematode.

 Order revoked (14.12.2019) by The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/421), reg. 1(1), sch. 6