The Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019
1Citation and commencement
2Amendment of the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005
3Amendment of article 2
4Amendment of article 6
5Amendment of article 19
6Amendment of article 19B
7Amendment of schedule 1
8Amendment of schedule 2
9Amendment of schedule 3
10Amendment of schedule 4
11Amendment of schedule 5
12Amendment of schedule 6
13Amendment of schedule 7
2019 No. 290
Plant Health

The Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019

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 and 3 of the Plant Health Act 19671 and paragraph 1A of schedule 2 of the European Communities 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, in part, called for by EU obligations in 98/109/EC: Commission Decision of 2 February 1998 authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Thrips palmi Karny as regards Thailand; 2004/200/EC: Commission Decision of 27 February 2004 on measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Pepino mosaic virus; Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2374 of 15 December 2017 setting out conditions for movement, storage and processing of certain fruits and their hybrids originating in third countries to prevent the introduction into the Union of certain harmful organisms; Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/490 of 21 March 2018 repealing Decision 2007/365/EC on emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier); Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/638 of 23 April 2018 establishing emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of the harmful organism Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith); Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1503 of 8 October 2018 establishing measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Aromia bungii (Faldermann); Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/449 of 18 March 2019 amending Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/715 setting out measures in respect of certain fruits originating in certain third countries to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of the harmful organism Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Van der Aa; and Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/523 of 21 March 2019 amending Annexes I to V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community.

This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19723 and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for the references to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/638 establishing emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of the harmful organism Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) and Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1503 establishing measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Aromia bungii (Faldermann) to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.