The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2009

Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 3020

Plant Health

The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2009

Made

9th November 2009

Laid before Parliament

16th November 2009

Coming into force

21st December 2009

The Forestry Commissioners make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Plant Health Act 1967(1) and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972(2).

This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Forestry Commissioners that it is expedient for the references in the following Order 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(3) to be construed as references to that instrument as amended from time to time.

(1)

1967 c. 8. Sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 8. The powers conferred by sections 2 and 3 are conferred on a “competent authority”, which is defined in section 1(2), as regards the protection of forest trees and timber from attack by pests, as the Forestry Commissioners.

(2)

1972 c. 68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).

(3)

OJ No L 169, 10.7.2000, p1.