14. This Part applies where an area is demarcated under paragraph 5 by an appropriate UK plant health authority.
15. The appropriate UK plant health authority must ensure that measures are taken to eradicate the plant pest.
16. The eradication measures must include—
(a)the immediate removal of the following plants within a radius of 100 m of each infected plant, other than any plants to which paragraph 17 applies—
(i)host plants, regardless of their health status;
(ii)plants known to be infected by the plant pest; and
(iii)plants showing symptoms indicating possible infection by the plant pest or which are suspected to be infected by the plant pest;
(b)in the case of any plants to which paragraph 17 applies—
(i)the official inspection of those plants during the flight season of relevant vectors for symptoms of the plant pest and measures to ensure their physical isolation; and
(ii)their sampling and testing for the presence of the plant pest where symptoms of the plant pest are present;
(c)the sampling and testing of susceptible plants within a radius of 100 m of each infected plant in accordance with ISPM No. 31;
(d)the application of appropriate phytosanitary treatments against vectors of the plant pest and plants that may host those vectors prior to the removal of any plants under sub-paragraph (a);
(e)the destruction of the plants removed under sub-paragraph (a) either in situ or in a nearby location designated for this purpose within the infected zone in a manner that ensures that the plant pest is not spread;
(f)appropriate investigations to identify the origin of the infection, which must include the tracing of susceptible plants associated with the infected plants (including those that were moved before the demarcated area was established);
(g)annual surveys to monitor the presence of the plant pest, which must include visual inspections of susceptible plants and the sampling and testing of symptomatic plants, as well as asymptomatic plants in the proximity of the symptomatic ones;
(h)the prohibition on the planting of host plants in the infected zone, except where they are physically protected against the introduction of the plant pest by its vectors;
(i)the raising of public awareness of the threat of the plant pest and the measures adopted to prevent its introduction and spread and the setting up of road signs to delineate the demarcated area;
(j)where necessary, specific measures to address any particularity or complication that could reasonably be expected to prevent, hinder or delay eradication of the plant pest;
(k)the application of appropriate agricultural practices for the management of the plant pest and its vectors; and
(l)any other measure which may contribute the eradication of the plant pest, taking account of the guidelines in ISPM No. 9 and ISPM No. 14.
17. The appropriate UK plant health authority may decide that individual host plants officially designated as plants with historic value need not be removed if the following conditions are met—
(a)the host plants have been sampled and tested and have been confirmed not to be infected by the plant pest;
(b)the individual host plants have, or the area concerned has, been physically isolated in an appropriate manner from relevant vectors for the purpose of preventing the spread of the plant pest;
(c)appropriate agricultural practices for the management of the plant pest and its vectors have been applied.