The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2019

[F1PART 8SMeasures relating to potatoes originating in Egypt

Textual Amendments

48.—(1) In this paragraph, “potatoes originating in Egypt” means any tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., grown in Egypt, which are introduced into [F2Great Britain] under [F3Article 41(1) of the Plant Health Regulation].S

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), no professional operator may—

(a)move any [F4potatoes originating in Egypt] within Scotland unless they are labelled to indicate that they originate in Egypt,

(b)carry out in the course of business any treatment, including washing, of potatoes originating in Egypt other than in premises that the Scottish Ministers have approved in writing for that purpose.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to the packing or preparation of potatoes in a shop, restaurant, canteen, club, public house, school, hospital or similar establishment (including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall) for delivery to the final consumer.

(4) On having reasonable grounds for suspecting a contravention or likely contravention of sub-paragraph (2), a plant health inspector may exercise the powers conferred by regulation 15 as if a potato originating in Egypt was, within the meaning of regulation 14, prohibited material which the inspector suspects to be present or likely to be present, or which the inspector has become aware is present, on any premises for the purposes of that regulation.]

Textual Amendments