1988 No. 971

PLANT HEALTH

The Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood (Amendment) Order 1988

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Forestry Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 3(1), (2) and (4) of the Plant Health Act 19671, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood (Amendment) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 28th June 1988.

Amendment of the Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood Order 19822

The Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood Order 19822 shall be further amended by substituting for the Schedule thereto (areas in respect of which the movement of spruce wood is restricted) the following Schedule—

SCHEDULEAREAS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE MOVEMENT OF SPRUCE WOOD IS RESTRICTED

Article 3

Column 1

Column 2

Counties

Those parts of the counties within which restrictions apply

Avon

That part of the county which lies to the north of the southern boundary of the M4.

Cheshire

That part of the county which lies to the west of the eastern boundary of the M6.

Clwyd

Dyfed

Gloucestershire

} The whole county.

Greater Manchester

That part of the county which comprises the district of Wigan.

Gwent

Gwynedd

Hereford and Worcester

Lancashire

Merseyside

Mid Glamorgan

} The whole county.

North Yorkshire

That part of the county which comprises the district of Craven.

Powys

Shropshire

South Glamorgan

} The whole county.

Staffordshire

That part of the county which comprises the districts of Cannock Chase, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent and South Staffordshire.

West Glamorgan

The whole county.

West Midlands

That part of the county which comprises the districts of Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

Revocation3

The Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood (Amendment) Order 19863 is hereby revoked.

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Forestry Commissioners is hereunto affixed on 27th May 1988.

P. J. ClarkeSecretary to the Forestry Commissioners

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Restriction on Movement of Spruce Wood Order 1982 by adding to the list of areas in respect of which the movement of spruce wood is restricted the remaining parts of the counties of Dyfed and Gwynedd not included in the previous Order and the county of West Glamorgan.