2010 No. 342

Plant Health

The Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2010

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2, 3 and 4(1) of the Plant Health Act 19671, as read with section 20 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 19722, and all other powers enabling them to do so.

This Order makes provision for preventing the introduction and spread of pests in Scotland and is called for by EU obligations in Decision 2008/840/EC3 on emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Anoplophora chinensis (Forster).