Ash Trees (Control of Importation) Order, 2012 (G.S.I. No. 50 of 2012)

• GREFFE ROYAL COURT 3 1 OCT 2012 GUERNSEY STATUTORY INSTRUMEN' 2012No. So GUERNSEY The Ash Trees (Control of Importation) Order, 2012 Made Coming into operation Laid before the States 30 October 2012 30 October 2012 2012 THE COMMERCE AND EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 13(1) of the Import and Export (Plant Health) Ordinance, 1982, as amended,a and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby orders: Prohibition of Importation 1. The landing in the Islands of ash trees (Fraxinus spp) and the wood of ash trees is prohibited. Interpretation. 2. (I) In this Order "the Islands" means the Islands of Guernsey, Herm and Jethou. (2) The Interpretation (Guernsey) Law, 1948 b applies to the interpretation of this Order. a Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXII, p. 219; Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXXI, p. 278; Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXIII, p. 70; Tome XXIV, p. 78; Tome XXIX, p. 406. b Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p. 355. Citation and commencement. 3. This Order may be cited as the Ash Trees (Control of Importation) Order, 2012 and shall come into force on 30 October 2012. Deputy K.A.Stewart Minister of the States Commerce and Employment Department For and on behalf of the Department EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order prohibits the importation into Guernsey, Herm and lethou of ash trees as a precautionary measure to protect local trees from the fungus Chalara fraxinea. The fungus has recently been identified in the United Kingdom. It causes dieback and has the potential to kill many ash trees should it become established in the Islands. 2