SCHEDULE 2Specific measures relating to certain solanaceous species

PART 3Measures for the control of Potato Wart Disease

Prohibition on the planting of potatoes on contaminated plots

9.

(1)

Where a contaminated plot is demarcated under paragraph 8(1) of this schedule F1a plant health inspector must serve a notice under regulation 15 requiring that

(a)

no potatoes may be grown on it, and

(b)

no plants intended for transplanting may be grown, stored or moved on it.

(2)

No person may grow potatoes in a safety zone demarcated under paragraph 8(1) of this schedule unless a plant health inspector is satisfied that they are of a variety which is resistant to the races of Synchytrium endobioticum found on the contaminated plot to which the safety zone relates.

(3)

A potato variety is to be considered resistant to a particular race of Synchytrium endobioticum for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) where that variety reacts to contamination by the pathogenic agent of that race in such a way that there is no danger of secondary infection.