The Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2012

Amendment of Schedule 4

8.—(1) Schedule 4 (restrictions on the landing in and movement within Scotland of relevant material) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In Part A (relevant material, from third countries, which may only be landed in Scotland if special requirements are satisfied)—

(a) in item 7a(1), in the third column, for “The plants shall be accompanied by an official statement” substitute “Without prejudice to the requirements in item 7b, the plants shall be accompanied by an official statement”; and

(b) after item 7a insert—

“7b.

Plants of Fraxinus L., intended for planting, originating in a third country

Without prejudice to the requirements in item 7a, the plants shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate which has been issued by the national plant protection organisation of the country from which the plants originate and which includes under the heading “Additional Declaration” an official statement that the plants have been grown throughout their life in an area which has been established and is maintained as an area free from Chalara fraxinea T. Kowalski (including its teleomorph Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus) in accordance with ISPM No. 4.”.

(3) In Part B (relevant material, from another part of the European Union, which may only be landed in or moved within Scotland if special requirements are satisfied), after item 37a(2) insert—

“38.

Plants of Fraxinus L. intended for planting

The plants shall be accompanied by an official statement that they have been grown throughout their life in an area which has been established and is maintained as an area free from Chalara fraxinea T. Kowalski (including its teleomorph Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus) in accordance with ISPM No. 4.”.

(1)

Item 7a was inserted by S.S.I. 2009/153.

(2)

Item 37a was inserted by S.S.I. 2012/266.