Amendment of Schedule 1 (plant pests which must not be landed in or spread within Wales)

8.—(1) In Part A (plant pests not known to occur in any part of the European Union) of Schedule 1(1)—

(a) under the heading “Insects, mites and nematodes”—

(i) after item 1, insert—

“1A.   Agrilus anxius Gory

1B.   Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire”;

(ii) after item 5, insert—

“6.   Anthonomus eugenii Cano”;

(iii) for items 15a and 15b, substitute—

“15A.   Diaphorina citri Kuway;

15B.   Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu

15C.   Epitrix cucumeris (Harris), Epitrix similaris (Gentner), Epitrix subcrinita (Lec.) and Epitrix tuberis (Gentner)”;

(b) for item 1 under the heading “Bacteria”, substitute—

“1.  Candidatus Liberibacter spp., a causal agent of Huanglongbing disease of citrus/ citrus greening

1A.  Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae Takikawa, Serizawa, Ichikawa, Tsuyumu & Goto”;

(c) omit item 9 under the heading “Fungi”.

(2) In Part B (plant pests known to occur in the European Union) of Schedule 1(2), under the heading “Insects, mites and nematodes”—

(a) after item 1, insert—

“1A.  Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Bührer) Nickle et al.”;

(b) after item 11, insert—

“12.   Thaumetopoea processionea L.

13.  Trioza erytreae Del Guercio”.

(1)

Part A of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2011/1043, article 9(1). Item 15a under the heading “Insects, mites and nematodes” was inserted by S.I. 2007/2716 (W. 229), article 3(9). Item 15b under the heading “Insects, mites and nematodes” was inserted by S.I. 2014/521 (W. 62), article 11(a). Item 1 under the heading “Bacteria” was inserted by S.I. 2014/521 (W. 62), article 11(b). There are other amendments to Part A of Schedule 1, but none is relevant.

(2)

Part B of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2011/1043, article 9(1). There are other amendments to Part B of Schedule 1, but none is relevant.