The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Made: 30th October 2009

Laid before Parliament: 9th November 2009

Coming into force: 1st January 2010

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Title and commencement

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Amendment

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Signed

The Official Seal of the Forestry Commissioners

Wilma Harper — Secretary to the Forestry Commissioners — 30th October 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2697) (“the principal Regulations”).

The principal Regulations implement Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (OJ No. L 169, 10.7.2000, p.1). Article 13d requires member States to collect fees for checks carried out on consignments of wood. Article 13d(2) provides for the collection of proportionately reduced fees where checks are being carried out at a reduced frequency in accordance with Article 13a(2) of that Directive. Schedule 3A to the principal Regulations sets out the proportionately reduced fees for consignments of wood of the species Acer saccharum.

These Regulations amend Schedule 3A so as to increase the fees in relation to such consignments from Canada, as follows, in line with increased frequency of checks required by Commission notification of 26th June 2009, published under Article 2.3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1756/2004 (OJ No. L 313, 12.10.2004).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1996/266, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2006/2697 as amended by S.I. 2008/702.

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Editorial notes

[^key-479266f44d89469bfe3a3a98d0816f7f]: Regulations revoked (E.S.) (6.4.2015) by The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/350), regs. 1, 4(c), Regulations revoked (W.) (28.3.2019) by The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/497), regs. 1(c) 4(c)