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Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2012 (S.S.I. No. 326 of 2012).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Forestry protection measures Planting material/seeds Forest management/forest conservation Plant protection Plant production Pests/diseases
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Order amends the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005 to provide for emergency measures to prevent the introduction and spread of a specified disease causing ash dieback. In particular, the Order: (a) prohibits the landing in or the spread within Scotland of the disease; (b) prohibits the landing in or the movement within Scotland of plants of Fraxinus L. intended for planting which are infected with the disease; (c) imposes additional requirements on the landing in or movement within Scotland of plants of Fraxinus L. intended for planting; and (d) imposes additional requirements on the consignment from Scotland to other parts of the European Union of plants of Fraxinus L. intended for planting. Emergency measures to prevent the introduction and spread of the disease were introduced by the Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) Order 2012.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

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

Amended by

Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. No. 10 of 2015).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2015

Keyword: Early warning system, Planting material/seeds, Plant protection, Plant production, Pests/diseases, International trade, Data collection/reporting, Certification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX