Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 2907 of 1997)

Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2907 file:///D/HTML/uk26272.htm[16.01.2025 11:32:00] Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2907 The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 © Crown Copyright 1997 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 Instruments 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 (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 , ISBN 0 11 065314 9. 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 1997 No. 2907 PLANT HEALTH The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 Made 8th December 1997 Laid before Parliament 9th December 1997 Coming into force 1st January 1998 The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England, the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 3 of the Plant Health Act 1967[1] and now vested in them[2] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order: Title and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998. Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2907 file:///D/HTML/uk26272.htm[16.01.2025 11:32:00] 2. - (1) The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993[3] shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below. (2) In article 2(1) (Interpretation) for the definition of "Directive 95/44/EC" there shall be substituted the following " "Directive 95/44/EC" means Commission Directive 95/44/EC[4] 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, as amended by Commission Directive 97/46/EC[5];". (3) In Schedule 16 there shall be inserted at the end the following Council Directive 97/3/EC OJ No. L27, 30.1.97, p. 30. Commission Directive 97/46/EC OJ No. L204, 31.7.97, p. 43.". Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 4th December 1997 Sewel Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office 1st December 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 8th December 1997 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993, as amended, implements the EC plant health regime. This includes Commission Directive 95/44/EC, which lays down rules for the import of material, for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections, which would otherwise be banned. This Directive has now been amended by Commission Directive 97/46/EC to incorporate provisions on potato breeding material Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2907 file:///D/HTML/uk26272.htm[16.01.2025 11:32:00] 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 1997 Prepared 14 January 1998 which were previously included in a separate, temporary, Commission Decision. The effect of the change is to convert the temporary arrangements into a permanent part of the regime. This Order, which comes into force on 1st January 1998, implements Commission Directive 97/46/EC by amending the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 (article 2(2)). This Order also up-dates Schedule 16 to the 1993 Order (Instruments amending and supplementing Council Directive 77/93/EEC) (article 2(3)). 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] In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.back [3] S.I. 1993/1320; amended by S.I. 1993/3213, 1995/1358 and 2929, 1996/25, 1165 and 3242.back [4] OJ No. L184, 3.8.95, p. 34.back [5] OJ No. L204, 31.7.97, p. 43.back ISBN 0 11 065314 9