Prohibition on the planting of potatoes on contaminated plotsS
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.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in sch. 2 para. 9(1) inserted (27.6.2020) by The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/176), regs. 1(1), 21(2)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 14.12.2019, see reg. 1(1)