The Plant Health (Wales) Order 2018 (revoked)

PART A E+W Special measures for the control of Potato brown rot

[F1 Official surveys and testing E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 16 paras. 1A-1C inserted (20.3.2019) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/674), regs. 1(2)(a), 6(b)

1A.   The Welsh Ministers must ensure that annual systematic official surveys are carried out to identify the presence of Potato brown rot on susceptible material originating in Wales in accordance with Article 2 of Directive 98/57/EC.] E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 16 paras. 1A-1C inserted (20.3.2019) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/674), regs. 1(2)(a), 6(b)

[F1 1B.   Where the presence of Potato brown rot is suspected, the Welsh Ministers must ensure that— E+W

(a) official testing is carried out to confirm or refute its presence—

(i) in the case of susceptible material, using the method set out in Annex 2 to Directive 98/57/EC and in accordance with the conditions specified in point 1 of Annex 3 to Directive 98/57/EC;

(ii) in any other case, using any officially approved method;

(b) pending the confirmation or refutation of its presence, where suspect diagnostic visual symptoms of Potato brown rot have been seen and a positive result in a rapid screening test has been obtained or a positive result in the screening tests specified in point 2 of section 1 and section 3 of Annex 2 to Directive 98/57/EC has been obtained—

(i) the movement of all plants and tubers from all crops, lots or consignments from which the samples have been taken, other than those which are under official control, is prohibited, except where it has been established that there is no identifiable risk of Potato brown rot spreading;

(ii) steps are taken to trace the origin of the suspected occurrence; and

(iii) additional appropriate precautionary measures based on the level of estimated risk are taken to prevent any spread of Potato brown rot.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 16 paras. 1A-1C inserted (20.3.2019) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/674), regs. 1(2)(a), 6(b)

[F1 1C.   A notice may contain measures for the purposes of paragraph 1B(b)(i) to (iii).]] E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 16 paras. 1A-1C inserted (20.3.2019) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/674), regs. 1(2)(a), 6(b)