Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R.I. No. 172 of 2014)

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2014 No. 172 PLANT HEALTH The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 Made - - - - 11th June 2014 Coming into operation 2nd July 2014 The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development(1) makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1) of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(2) Citation and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 and comes into operation on 2nd July 2014. Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 2. The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006(3) is amended in accordance with article 3. Diabrotica virgifera Le Conte 3. (1) Part 7A(4) (management zones for plant health purposes) is omitted. (2) In Part B (plant pests known to occur in the European Community) of Schedule 1, item 1a(5) under the heading “Insects, mites and nematodes” is omitted. (3) In article 44(1)(a) (offences), head (xiiiA)(6) is omitted. (1) The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1)). (2) 1967 c.68 (N.I.); sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351, art. 3 and Sch.2. Section 2(2) was amended by 1979 c.2, s.177(1) and Sch.4, Pt II. Sections 2 and 3 were also amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I.2), Arts 15(2), 24 and Sch. (3) S.R. 2006 No. 82, as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 165: S.R. 2006 No. 435: S.R. 2007 No. 333; S.R. 2007 No. 483; S.R. 2008 No. 205; S.R. 2008 No. 442; S.R. 2008 No. 493; S.R. 2009 No. 179; S.R. 2010 No. 197; S.R. 2010 No. 232; S.R. 2010 No. 307; S.R. 2011 No. 22; S.R. 2011 No. 233; S.R. 2011 No.352; S.R. 2012 No. 133; S.R. 2012 No. 241; S.R. 2012 No. 392; S.R. 2013 No. 7 and S.R. 2013 No. 103. (4) Part 7A (article 38A) was inserted by S.R. 2008 No. 442, article 3(5). Article 38A was re-numbered article 38B by S.R. 2011 No.352, article 5. (5) Item 1a was inserted by S.R. 2009 No. 179, article2(4). (6) Article 44(1)(a)(xiiiA) was inserted by S.R. 2008 No. 442, article 3(8). http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1999/283 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1967/68 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1972/351 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1984/702 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2006/82 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2006/165 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2006/435 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2007/333 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2007/483 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/205 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/205 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/442 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/493 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2009/179 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2010/197 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2010/232 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2010/307 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2010/307 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2011/22 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2011/233 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2011/352 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2012/133 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2012/241 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2012/392 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2013/7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2013/103 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/442 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2011/352 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2011/352 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2009/179 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/442 Document Generated: 2014-06-13 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. 2 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 11th June 2014 Malcolm Beatty A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Document Generated: 2014-06-13 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) This Order amends the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No.82) (“the principal Order”). Article 3 removes the provisions in the principal Order in relation to the organism Diabrotica virgifera Le Conte so as to implement— (a) Commission implementing Directive 2014/19/EU amending Annex I to Council Directive 2000/29/EC 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 L 38, 7.2.2014, p.30); and (b) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/62/EU repealing Decision 2003/766/EC on emergency measures to prevent the spread within the Community of Diabrotica virgifera Le Conte (OJ No L 38, 7.2.2014, p.45). http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2006/82 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2000/0029 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/decision/2003/0766