Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. No. 351 of 2011)

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). Northern Ireland Statutory Rules are not carried in their revised form on this site. 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 2011 No. 351 SEEDS The Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 Made - - - - 6th October 2011 Coming into operation 16th November 2011 The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development(1) makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2A), 2 and 12(1) of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965(2), Article 3(8) of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984(3) and being a Department designated(4) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(5) in relation to the common agriculture policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2), after consultation, in accordance with section 1(1) of the said Act of 1965, with representatives of such interests as appear to it to be concerned. Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as The Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 16th November 2011. Amendment to the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 2. The Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010(6) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4. Amendment of Schedule 2 3. In Schedule 2 (Classification: source material for planting, requirements and tolerances for the growing crop)— (a) In Table 1 (pre-basic seed potatoes) for the entries in relation to “Pre-basic TC (Tissue Culture)” and “Pre-basic 1” in Column 4 (Tolerances), after “(v) Blackleg — nil” insert “(vi) Dickeya spp.—nil”; and (1) Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1), Article 3(4) (2) 1965 c.22 (N.I.) as amended by S.R. & O.(N.I.) 1972 No.351 Art.3 and Schedule 3 (3) S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) (4) S.I. 2000/2812 (5) 1972 c.68 (6) S.R. 2010 No.350 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/283 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/22 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1972/351 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1984/702 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/2812 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/68 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2010/350 Document Generated: 2011-10-11 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). Northern Ireland Statutory Rules are not carried in their revised form on this site. 2 (b) In Table 2 (basic seed potatoes)— (i) For the entry in relation to “Super Elite Seed (SE) SE 1” in column 4 (Tolerances), after “(iv) Blackleg—0.25%” insert “(v) Dickeya spp.—nil”; (ii) For the entry in relation to “Elite Seed (E) E” in column 4 (Tolerances), after “(iii) Blackleg—0.5%” insert “(iv) Dickeya spp.—nil”; and (iii) For the entry in relation to “Class A Seed A” in column 4 (Tolerances), after “(iii) Blackleg—1.0%”, insert “(iv) Dickeya spp.—nil”. Amendment of Schedule 6 4. In Schedule 6 (Tolerances for diseases, pests, damages and defects in seed potato tubers) — (a) In Table 1 (pre-basic tissue culture class), Group 2, insert the following new row under “Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.)—NIL”— Dickeya spp. NIL (b) In Table 2 (pre-basic 1 to pre-basic 4 class and equivalent (Northern Ireland) and other parts of the UK), Group 2, insert the following new row under “Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp)”— Dickeya spp. NIL NIL NIL NIL (c) In Table 3 (basic seed potato classes and equivalent, including test and trial seed potatoes and conservation variety seed potatoes (Northern Ireland and other parts of the UK)), Group 2, Column 1 for “Blackleg (Erwinia carotovora (Jones)) Bergey et al. ssp. atroseptica (Helmers & Dowson) Dye) or Dickeya dadantii (Erwinia chrysanthemi)”, substitute “Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.)”, and insert the following new row under “Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.)”— Dickeya spp. NIL NIL NIL NIL (d) In Table 4 (basic seed potatoes produced outside the UK), Group 2, insert the following new row under “Dry Rot (Fusarium species) and Wet Rot”— Dickeya spp. NIL NIL NIL NIL Document Generated: 2011-10-11 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). Northern Ireland Statutory Rules are not carried in their revised form on this site. 3 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 6th October 2011. Keith Morrison A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Document Generated: 2011-10-11 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). Northern Ireland Statutory Rules are not carried in their revised form on this site. 4 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010 No. 350) “the principal Regulations”). Regulations 3 and 4 amend Schedules 2 and 6 to the principal Regulations to introduce zero tolerance of Dickeya spp. for all grades of seed potato. Regulation 4 also introduces new Latin nomenclature for some pests and diseases, now currently in use internationally, in, particular Dickeya spp. (Schedule 6). A regulatory impact assessment has not been considered necessary for these Regulations as any impacts are considered to be negligible. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2010/350 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2010/350