6.—(1) The Plant Health (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 M1 are amended as follows.S
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)omit the definition of “authority”,
(b)before the definition of “licence” insert—
““the EU Plant Health Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC M2;”,
(c)in the definition of “licence”, for the words from “a licence” to the end substitute—
“(a)a licence that was granted by the Scottish Ministers under article 40 or, as the case may be, article 41 of the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005 M3; or
(b)an authorisation described in regulations 20(1)(a) and (b) and 21(2) of the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations;”,
(d)omit the definition of “the 2005 Order”,
(e)omit the definition of “plant passport”,
(f)before the definition of “premises” insert—
““the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations” means the Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 M4;”.
(3) In regulation 5A (fees for potato cyst nematode testing), for the words from “article 39(8)” to “2005 Order” substitute “ paragraph 4 of schedule 2 (specific measures relating certain solanaceous species) of the Plant Health Official Controls Regulations ”.
(4) In schedule 1 (fees for inspections for plant passporting purposes), in column 1 of the table for “authority to issue plant passports” substitute “ authorisation to issue plant passports under Article 89 of the EU Plant Health Regulation ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 6 in force at 14.12.2019, see reg. 1(1)
Marginal Citations
M1S.S.I. 2008/153, as amended by S.S.I. 2010/207 and S.S.I. 2019/124.
M2O.J. L 317, 23.11.2016, p.4, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p.1) with effect from 14 December 2019.
M3S.S.I. 2005/613, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2008/300, S.S.I. 2011/1043, S.S.I. 2012/266 and S.S.I. 2013/187. S.S.I. 2005/613 is revoked by these Regulations, but transitional provisions at regulations 50(1) and 51(1) of these Regulations that licences granted under articles 40 and 41 of S.S.I. 2005/613 continue to have effect temporarily.
M4S.S.I. 2019/[ ].