Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. No. 751 of 1996)

The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk27341.htm[16.01.2025 11:32:15] Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 751 The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996 © Crown Copyright 1996 The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users. It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Royal Arms and the Queen's Printer imprints. The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is the Queen's Printer copy published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996, ISBN 0110544099. Purchase this item. For details of how to obtain an official copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles. To ensure fast access over slow connections, large documents have been segmented into "chunks". Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1996 No. 751 PLANT HEALTH The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996 Made 8th March 1996 Laid before Parliament 12th March 1996 Coming into force 2nd April 1996 The Forestry Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 3 of the Plant Health Act 1967[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby making the following Order: Title and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd April 1996. Amendment of the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993 2. The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993[2] shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of articles 3 to 8 below. 3. In article 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of "Directive 77/93/EEC" there shall be added the following definition— http://www.clicktso.com/portal.asp?DT=ADDITEM&DI=0110544099 http://www.clicktso.com/portal.asp?DT=ADDITEM&DI=0110544099 http://www.thestationeryoffice.com/contacts/site.asp?FO=30883 http://www.thestationeryoffice.com/contacts/site.asp?FO=30883 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi 19960751 en 1.htm#tfnf001 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi 19960751 en 1.htm#tfnf002 The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk27341.htm[16.01.2025 11:32:15] ""Directive 95/44/EC" means Commission Directive 95/44/EC[3] establishing the conditions under which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annexes I to V to Council Directive 77/93/EEC may be introduced into or moved within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections;" . 4. After article 28 there shall be added the following new article— "Licences for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections 28A.—(1) On receipt of an application containing the information set out in article 1(2) of Directive 95/44/EC and on being satisfied that the general conditions set out in Annex I to Directive 95/44/EC are fulfilled, the Commissioners shall by licence authorise the landing, movement or keeping of any tree pest or relevant material for activities for trial or scientific purposes or for work on varietal selections where such landing, movement or keeping would otherwise be prohibited by this Order, and it shall not be an offence to land, move or keep anything under the authority of such a licence. (2) A licence granted under paragraph (1) above shall be subject to— (a) the conditions laid down in article 2(2) of Directive 95/44/EC to the extent that they are relevant to any tree pest or relevant material that is the subject of the activities to which the licence relates; (b) such conditions specifying quarantine measures under paragraph 2(a) of Annex I to Directive 95/44/EC as the Commissioners may determine; (c) such conditions specifying further quarantine measures under paragraph 2(b) of Annex I to Directive 95/44/EC as the Commissioners may determine; and (d) such additional conditions as the Commissioners may specify. (3) At the conclusion of any activities to which a licence granted under paragraph (1) above relates the licensee shall— (a) subject to paragraph (4) below, destroy or sterilise any tree pest or relevant material that was the subject of the activities and any other relevant material which has come into contact with or which may have been contaminated by any such tree pest or relevant material; and (b) sterilise, or clean in such other manner as may be specified by an inspector, the premises and facilities at which the activities were undertaken. (4) An inspector may authorise the licensee to refrain from destroying any relevant material under paragraph (3)(a) above if he is satisfied that it has been subjected to appropriate quarantine measures and that it has been found by testing in such manner as may be specified by an inspector to be free from tree pests listed in this Order and from other tree pests considered by the inspector issuing the authority to pose a risk. (5) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above, references to the responsible official body in article 2(2) of, and Annex I to, Directive 95/44/EC shall be taken to refer to the Commissioners. (6) In paragraph (4) above "appropriate quarantine measures" means such quarantine measures as may be specified by an inspector." . http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi 19960751 en 1.htm#tfnf003 The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk27341.htm[16.01.2025 11:32:15] 5. In Parts B and C of Schedule 4 for the references to article 4(1) wherever they appear there shall be substituted references to article 4. 6. In Part B of Schedule 5— (a) in column 4 opposite items numbers 1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 29 there shall be deleted the word "Spain,"; (b) in column 4 opposite item number 2 there shall be deleted the word "Spain" and for the word "Jersey" there shall be substituted the words "the Channel Islands"; (c) in column 4 opposite items numbers 3, 11 and 21 there shall be deleted the words "Greece," and "Spain,"; (d) for the words "conifers (Coniferales)" in column 2 opposite items numbers 9, 11 and 13 there shall be substituted the words "Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L. and Pseudotsuga Carr."; (e) for the words "conifers (Coniferales)" in column 2 opposite items numbers 10, 12, 14 and 15 there shall be substituted the words "Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus L."; (f) in column 4 opposite item number 28 there shall be inserted at the end the words ", France (Brittany), Finland and Sweden". 7. In Schedule 6 there shall be inserted at the end the following— "; and 4. Greater London." 8. In Schedule 7 there shall be inserted at the end the following— Council Decision 95/1/EC OJ No. L1, 1.1.95, p.1. Commission Directive 95/40/EC OJ No. L182, 2.8.95, p.14. Commission Directive 95/41/EC OJ No. L182, 2.8.95, p.17. Commission Directive 95/44/EC OJ No. L184, 3.8.95, p.34. In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Forestry Commissioners is hereunto affixed on T J D Rollinson Secretary to the Forestry Commissioners 8th March 1996 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993 to provide for the granting of licences by the Forestry Commissioners in accordance with the requirements of Commission Directive 95/44/EC establishing the conditions under The Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk27341.htm[16.01.2025 11:32:15] which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annexes I to V to Council Directive 77/93/EEC may be introduced into or moved within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections (OJ No. L184, 3.8.95, p.34). The Order provides for the granting of licences authorising the landing, movement and keeping of material that would otherwise be prohibited and controls the use of such material (article 4). The Order also amends the recognized protected zones described in Schedule 5, Part B to the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993— (a) to implement Council Decision 95/1/EC adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union (OJ No. L1, 1.1.95, p.1); and (b) to reflect changes in the recognized protected zones agreed in accordance with the procedure laid down by Council Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (OJ No. L26, 31.1.77, p.20), as amended (article 6). Two minor corrections are also made (articles 5 and 7). ISBN 0 11 054409 9 Notes: [1] 1967 c. 8; sections 2(1) and 3(1) and (2) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8; section 3(4) was substituted by section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48). back [2] S.I. 1993/1283, amended by S.I. 1994/3094 and 1995/1989. back [3] OJ No. L184, 3.8.95, p.34. back Other UK SIs | Home | National Assembly for Wales Statutory Instruments | Scottish Statutory Instruments | Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland | Her Majesty's Stationery Office We welcome your comments on this site © Crown copyright 1996 Prepared 20th September 2000 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi 19960751 en 1.htm#fnf001 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi 19960751 en 1.htm#fnf001 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1993/Uksi 19931283 en 1.htm http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi 19943094 en 1.htm http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi 19951989 en 1.htm http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi 19960751 en 1.htm#fnf002 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi 19960751 en 1.htm#fnf002 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi 19960751 en 1.htm#fnf003 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi 19960751 en 1.htm#fnf003 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/stat.htm http://www.hmso.gov.uk/stat.htm http://www.hmso.gov.uk/ http://www.wales-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/wales/w-stat.htm http://www.wales-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/wales/w-stat.htm http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/s-stat.htm http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/s-stat.htm http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/s-stat.htm http://www.northernireland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/northernireland/ni-srni.htm http://www.northernireland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/northernireland/ni-srni.htm http://www.hmso.gov.uk/ http://www.hmso.gov.uk/hmsoform.htm