The Plant Health (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2019

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 132 (W. 33)

Plant Health, Wales

The Plant Health (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2019

Made

29 January 2019

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

30 January 2019

Coming into force

6 March 2019

The Welsh Ministers make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 3(1) of the Plant Health Act 1967(1).

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Plant Health (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2019.

(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales and comes into force on 6 March 2019.

Amendment of the Plant Health (Wales) Order 2018

2.  The Plant Health (Wales) Order 2018(2) is amended as follows.

Article 19

3.  In article 19(1), in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), after “Fraxinus L.,” insert “Olea europaea L.,”.

Lesley Griffiths

Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers

29 January 2019

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends article 19 of the Plant Health (Wales) Order 2018 which applies to certain plants intended for planting, which have been grown or are suspected to have been grown in another member State or in Switzerland. It requires the importer of any such plants to notify an authorised inspector in writing of their landing no later than four days after the date of their landing in Wales. The amendment extends these requirements to plants of Olea europaea L.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Plant Health and Environment Protection branch of the Welsh Government, Cathays Park, CF10 3NQ.

(1)

1967 c. 8; section 2 was amended by paragraph 8(2)(a) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Part 1 of the table in paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), S.I. 1990/2371 and S.I. 2011/1043. Section 3(1) was amended by paragraph 8(2)(a) and (b) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 and S.I. 2011/1043. The powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1) are conferred on a “competent authority”, which is defined in section 1(2). Section 1(2) was amended by paragraph 43 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90). Section 1(2), as amended, provides that the competent authority for Wales is the Welsh Ministers.

(2)

S.I. 2018/1064 (W. 223).