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Statutory Instruments
Plant Health, England
Plant Health, Scotland
Made
29th November 2017
Laid before Parliament
1st December 2017
Coming into force
1st January 2018
The Forestry Commissioners make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by—
(a)so far as relating to articles 4 to 6, section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1);
(b)so far as relating to the remaining articles, sections 2 and 3(1) of the Plant Health Act 1967(2).
The Forestry Commissioners are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union in respect of forestry(3).
1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).
1967 c. 8; section 2 was amended by paragraph 8(2)(a) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Part 1 of the table in paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) and S.I. 1990/2371, 2011/1043. Section 3(1) was amended by paragraph 8(2)(a) and (b) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 and S.I. 2011/1043. The powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1) are conferred on a “competent authority”, which is defined in section 1(2). Section 1(2) provides that the Forestry Commissioners are the competent authority for England and Scotland as regards the protection of forest trees and timber from attack by pests.
S.I. 1996/266, amended by S.I. 2011/1043, 2013/755; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
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