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Plant Health Act 1967 (Chapter 8).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
England
Document type
Legislation
Date
1967 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to consolidate the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts 1877 to 1927, together with section 11 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1949.
Subject
Forestry, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Forestry protection measures Forest management/forest conservation Basic legislation Plant protection Pests/diseases Institution Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Act shall have effect for the control of pests and diseases injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops, or to trees or bushes. The Act designates the competent authorities for purposes of this Act and gives certain powers to those competent authorities for the control of introduction of pests into Great Britain. A competent authority may from time to time make such orders as the authority thinks expedient or called for by any obligation for preventing the spread of pests in Great Britain or the conveyance of pests by articles exported from Great Britain. The orders may prohibit the selling or exposing or offering for sale, or the keeping, of living specimens of a pest, or the distribution in any manner of such specimens. Orders under this Act may enable inspectors authorised by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or, in Scotland, the Secretary of State to undertake specified measures to prevent or combat pests. A competent authority may require a local authority to carry into effect any order under this Act, and may, with the consent of the local authority, require a local authority to pay compensation in respect of any crop, or any seed, plant or part thereof, which is removed or destroyed in pursuance of any such order.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Plant Health (Wales) Order 2006 (W.S.I. No. 1643 (W.158) of 2006).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2006

Keyword: Plant protection, Plant production, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Transport/storage, Internal trade, Authorization/permit, Planting material/seeds, Vegetables/legumes, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. No. 613 of 2005).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2005

Keyword: Plant protection, Plant production, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Transport/storage, Internal trade, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Plant Health (Export Certification) (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1701 (W.163)).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2006

Keyword: Plant protection, Pests/diseases, International trade, Certification, Royalties/fees

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 132 of 2018).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2018

Keyword: Plant protection, Pests/diseases, International trade, Certification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Plant Health (Wales) Order 2018 (S.R. No. 1064 (W. 223) of 2018).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2018

Keyword: Plant protection, Plant production, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Transport/storage, Internal trade, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (2018 asp 8).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2018

Keyword: Basic legislation, Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Institution, Timber extraction/logging, Plant protection, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Erosion, Expropriation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX