The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) (England and Scotland) Order 2018

Made: 8th October 2018

Laid before Parliament: 10th October 2018

Coming into force: 1st November 2018

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Citation, commencement and application

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Amendment of the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005

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Article 2

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Article 3

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Article 14

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Article 17

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Article 20

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Schedule 1A

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Part B of Schedule 4

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Part C of Schedule 4

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Signed

Stephen Bennett — Secretary to the Forestry Commissioners — 2018-10-08

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 8; section 2 was amended by paragraph 8(2)(a) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Part 1 of the table in paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) and S.I. 1990/2371, 2011/1043. Section 3(1) was amended by paragraph 8(2)(a) and (b) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 and S.I. 2011/1043. The powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1) are conferred on a “competent authority”, which is defined in section 1(2). Section 1(2) provides that the Forestry Commissioners are the competent authority for England and Scotland as regards the protection of forest trees and timber from attack by pests.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2005/2517; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2011/1043, 2012/2707, 2013/755, 2014/2420, 2016/1167, 2017/1178.

[^f00003]: OJ No. L 193, 22.7.2008, p. 1, as last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/791 (OJ No. L 136, 1.6.2018, p. 1).

[^f00004]: OJ No. L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2016/2339 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 32).

[^f00005]: OJ No. L 125, 21.5.2015, p. 36, as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/927 (OJ No. L 164, 29.6.2018, p. 49).

Editorial notes

[^key-c4448bf5a673f9160a2cdcdd04dcc1a4]: Order revoked (S.) (14.12.2019) by The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/421), reg. 1(1), sch. 6 and Order revoked (E.) (14.1.2020) by The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1517), reg. 1(1), Sch. 6