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PART 3SAMENDMENT OF SECONDARY LEGISLATION RELATING TO WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION

The Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material Regulations 1999S

11.—(1) The Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material Regulations 1999 M1 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)omit the definitions of “Directive 98/56/EC”, F1... “Regulation 2100/94” and “third country”,

(b)after the definition of “propagation” insert—

““responsible official body” means—

(a)in relation to propagating material produced in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers,

(b)in relation to propagating material produced in a country or territory outside Scotland, the body responsible for the quality of that material in that country or territory;”,

(c)in the definition of “supplier”—

(i)for “from third countries”, substitute “ into the United Kingdom ”,

(ii)after that definition omit “and”.

(3) In regulation 3(2)(a) (marketing requirements and exceptions), for “to third countries” substitute “ from the United Kingdom ”.

[F2(3A) In regulation 4 (quality requirements for propagating material)—

(a)in paragraph (1)(d)—

(i)for “Union” substitute “GB”,

(ii)for “protected zone” substitute “PFA”,

(b)in paragraph (2)—

(i)after the definition of “the EU Plant Health Regulation” insert—

““GB quarantine pest” has the meaning given in Article 4 (definition of GB quarantine pests) of the EU Plant Health Regulation,”,

(ii)for the definition of “protected zone quarantine pest” substitute—

““PFA quarantine pest” has the meaning given in Article 32 (recognition of GB pest free areas), paragraph 1 of the EU Plant Health Regulation,”,

(iii)in the definition of “RNQP”, for “Union” in each place it occurs substitute “GB”,

(iv)omit the definition of “Union quarantine pest”.]

F3(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) In regulation 11(1) (description of propagating material)—

[F5(a)in sub-paragraph (a), for “Community plant variety rights pursuant to Regulation 2100/94 or national” substitute “UK”,]

(b)in sub-paragraph (c)(iii), for the words from “Community plant variety rights” to the end substitute “plant breeders' right in respect of the variety under the Plant Varieties Act 1997 M2”.

(7) In regulation 12 (propagating material produced in third countries)—

(a)in the heading, for “in third countries” substitute “ outside the United Kingdom ”,

(b)in paragraph (1)—

(i)for “from a third country” substitute “ [F6produced in a country outside of the United Kingdom] ”,

(ii)for “Directive 98/56/EC” substitute “ these Regulations ”,

(c)in each of paragraphs (2) and (4)—

(i)insert at the beginning, “ Subject to paragraph (5), ”,

(ii)omit “from a third country”,

(d)after paragraph (4) insert—

“(5) Paragraphs (2) and (4) do not apply to suppliers importing propagating material produced—

F7(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.”.

(8) In schedule 1 (information to appear on a supplier's label or other document)—

(a)in paragraph 1, for “EC” substitute “ UK ”,

(b)omit paragraph 2,

(c)in paragraph 3, at the end insert “ and its abbreviated country code ”,

(d)in paragraph 10, for “from a third country” substitute “ into the United Kingdom ”.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 11 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 1999/1801, as relevantly amended by S.I. 2011/1043 and S.S.I. 2018/284.