Amendment of the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005

2.—(1) The Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005(1) is amended as follows—

(2) In regulation 2(1) (general interpretation) omit the definition of “Decision 2007/365/EC”.

(3) In schedule 1 (plant pests which shall not be landed in or spread within Scotland), Part A (plant pests not known to occur in any part of the European Union), under the heading of “Insects, mites and nematodes” omit item 35(2).

(4) In schedule 4 (restrictions on the landing in and movement within Scotland of relevant material)—

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

(i)omit item 57a(3); and

(ii)in column 3 (requirements of landing) of item 57b, for “items 57 and 57a” substitute “item 57”; and

(b)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), omit item 6a(4).

(5) In schedule 5 (relevant material from a third country for which a phytosanitary certificate may be required), Part A (relevant material which may only be landed in Scotland if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate), in schedule 6 (prohibitions on the landing in and movement within Scotland of relevant material without a plant passport), 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) and in schedule 7 (prohibitions on the consignment of relevant material to another part of the European Union without a plant passport), Part A (relevant material which may only be consigned to another part of the European Union if accompanied by a plant passport), omit item 1a(5).

(1)

S.S.I. 2005/613, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2007/498.

(2)

Item 35 was inserted by S.S.I. 2007/498, article 3(2).

(3)

Item 57a was inserted by S.S.I. 2007/498, article 3(3).

(4)

Item 6a was inserted by S.S.I. 2007/498, article 3(4).

(5)

Item 1a was inserted to schedules 5, 6 and 7 by S.S.I. 2007/498, article 3(5).