Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 14th February 2007.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the principal Regulations” means the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.

(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Amendment of the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

2.  The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.

3.  In regulation 2(1) in the definition of “the Directive” for the words “Commission Directive 2005/15/EC of 28 February 2005” substitute “Commission Directive 2006/35/EC of 24 March 2006(2)”.

4.  For regulation 3 substitute—

“3.   These Regulations apply to consignments of plants, plant products and other objects of a description specified in the first column of Schedule 1 that are landed in Northern Ireland from a third country and are:

(a) listed in Annex V, Part B of the Directive; or

(b) seeds of Solanaceae whether or not listed in Annex V, Part B of the Directive.”.

5.  For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the schedule to these Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 10th January 2007.

David Small

A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

The Department of Finance and Personnel consents to the foregoing Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 11th January 2007.

Jack Layberry

A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel