The Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012

Amendment of Schedule 6

10.  In Schedule 6 (prohibitions on the landing in and movement within Scotland of relevant material without a plant passport), in Part A (relevant material, from Scotland or elsewhere in the European Union, which may only be landed in or moved within Scotland if accompanied by a plant passport)—

(a) after paragraph 3a, insert—

“3b.   Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L, other than those intended for planting, originating in an area demarcated under a legislative or administrative procedure in an EU member State for the purpose of eradicating and monitoring an infestation of Epitrix cucumeris (Harris), Epitrix similaris (Gentner), Epitrix subcrinita (Lec.) or Epitrix tuberis (Gentner).”; and

(b) for paragraph 8, substitute—

“8.   Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 7, plants intended for planting, other than seeds, that have a stem or root collar diameter of 1 centimetre or more at their thickest point, of Acer spp., Aesculus hippocastanum, Alnus spp., Betula spp., Carpinus spp., Citrus spp., Cornus spp., Corylus spp., Cotoneaster spp., Crataegus spp., Fagus spp., Lagerstroemia spp., Malus spp., Platanus spp., Populus spp., Prunus laurocerasus., Pyrus spp., Rosa spp., Salix spp. and Ulmus spp., originating—

(a) in any third country where Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) is known to occur;

(b) in an area demarcated under a legislative or administrative procedure in an EU member State for the purpose of eradicating and monitoring an infestation of Anoplophora chinensis (Forster); or

(c) in an area other than a demarcated area mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) but introduced into a place of production in such a demarcated area.”.