The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

[F1 15.   Where a place of production is designated by an inspector to be contaminated for the purposes of Article 5(1)(a)(ii) of Directive 98/57/EC and with regard to any fields at that place other than those referred to in paragraph 9 the inspector is satisfied that the risk of volunteer potato and tomato plants and other naturally found host plants of R solanacearum has been eliminated, the notice referred to in paragraph 8 may require that with regard to such fields— N.I.

(a) from the date of receipt of the notice and for one growing year following the start of the next growing year—

(i) potato tubers, potato plants and true seeds and other host plants of R solanacearum shall not be planted save that, in the case of potato tubers, certified seed potatoes may be planted for ware production only;

(ii) tomato plants grown from seed which meets the requirements of Directive 2000/29/EC may be planted, for fruit production only;

(b) in the first growing year following that specified in sub-paragraph (a)—

(i) if potatoes are to be planted, only certified seed potatoes or seed potatoes officially tested for the absence of R solanacearum and grown under official control at a place of production which is not designated by an inspector as contaminated for the purposes of Article 5(1)(a)(ii) of Directive 98/57/EC may be planted, for seed or ware production;

(ii) in the case of tomatoes, only tomato plants grown from seed which meets the requirements of Directive 2000/29/EC or, if vegetatively propagated, from tomato plants produced from such seed and grown under official control at a place of production which is not designated by an inspector as contaminated for the purposes of Article 5(1)(a)(ii) of Directive 98/57/EC may be planted, for plant or fruit production;

(c) in the second growing year following that specified in sub-paragraph (a) and, where appropriate, in any subsequent growing year which may be specified in the notice—

(i) if potatoes are to be planted, only certified seed potatoes or seed potatoes grown under official control from certified seed potatoes may be planted, for seed or ware production;

(ii) if tomatoes are to be planted, only tomato plants grown from seed which meets the requirements of Directive 2000/29/EC or tomato plants grown from such plants under official control may be planted, for plant or fruit production; and

(d) from the date of receipt of the notice and in each of the growing years referred to in this paragraph, measures shall be taken to eliminate volunteer potato plants and other naturally found host plants of R solanacearum as appropriate.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 17 Pt. A para. 15 substituted (27.12.2007) by The Plant Health (Amendment No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/483), arts. 1, 2(7)(i)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 17 para. 15 in operation at 31.3.2006, see art. 1