The Official Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025
This Statutory Instrument has been printed in consequence of defects in S.I. 2020/1527, S.I. 2022/114, S.I. 2022/1120 and S.I. 2024/610 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.
2025 No. 13
Plant Health
Trade
The Official Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—
(a)
Articles 5(3), 30(1), (1A) and (5), 37(5) and (5A), 41(3), 72(3), 73(2) and 79(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants1 (“the Plant Health Regulation”); and
(b)
Articles 64(4), 90, 144(6) and paragraph 3(2) of Annex 6 to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products2 (“the Official Controls Regulation”).
The Scottish Ministers and Welsh Ministers have consented to the Secretary of State making these Regulations for the purposes of Article 2a(2) of the Plant Health Regulation and Article 3(2B) of the Official Controls Regulation3.
In accordance with Article 144(7) of the Official Controls Regulation, the Secretary of State has consulted such bodies and persons as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations and such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.