The Plant Health (Wales) Order 2018 (revoked)

[F1 Measures to be taken following confirmation of the presence of Potato brown rot E+W

1E.   In the case of susceptible material, the actions are—

(a) an investigation by an inspector to determine the extent and the primary sources of the contamination in accordance with Annex 4 to Directive 98/57/EC;

(b) further official testing, including on all clonally related seed potato stocks;

(c) the designation of the following as contaminated by an inspector—

(i) the susceptible material and consignment or lot from which the sample was taken;

(ii) any objects which have been in contact with that sample;

(iii) any unit or field of protected crop production and any place of production of the susceptible material from which the sample was taken;

(d) a determination by an inspector of the extent of probable contamination through pre- or post-harvest contact, through production, irrigation or spraying links or through clonal relationship;

(e) the demarcation of a zone by an inspector on the basis of the designation under sub-paragraph (c), the determination made under sub-paragraph (d) and the possible spread of Potato brown rot in accordance with point 2(i) of Annex 5 to Directive 98/57/EC.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 16 Pt. B inserted (20.3.2019) by The Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/674), regs. 1(2)(a), 6(b)