
1 
This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Phytophthora ramorum) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2007 and comes into force on 30th September 2007.
2 
The Plant Health (Phytophthora ramorum) (Scotland) Order 2004 is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 6.
3 
In article 5(1), in the final line omit the words after “plant passport”.
4 
In article 6(2), for “from its place of production” substitute “within the European Community”.
5 
In article 15 (offences)–
(a) for sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) substitute–“
(a) subject to paragraph (1A), contravenes or fails to comply with article 3, 4, 5(1), 6, 7(1) or (3), 8(1) or 11(1);”; and
(b) after paragraph (1), insert–“
(1A) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply where an article of any description is landed in Scotland in contravention of a prohibition in this Order.”.
6 

(1) For Schedule 1, substitute–“
SCHEDULE 1
Articles 4(a) and 10(1)


Susceptible material Requirements to be met in respect of the issuing of any phytosanitary certificate accompanying susceptible material (“the certificate”)
Acer macrophyllum Pursh.Acer pseudoplatanus L.Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) ParisAdiantum jordanii C. Muell.Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.Aesculus hippocastanum L.Arbutus menziesii Pursch.Arbutus unedo L.Arctostaphylos spp. AdansCalluna vulgaris (L.) HullCamellia spp. L.Castanea sativa Mill.Fagus sylvatica L.Frangula californica (Eschsch.) GrayFrangula purshiana (DC.) CooperFraxinus excelsior L.Griselinia littoralis (Raoul)Hamamelis virginiana L.Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindley) M. RoemerKalmia latifolia L.Laurus nobilis L.Leucothoe spp. D. DonLithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd.Lonicera hispidula (Lindl.) Dougl. ex Torr. & GrayMagnolia spp. L.Michelia doltsopa Buch.-Ham. ex DCNothofagus obliqua (Mirbel) BlumeOsmanthus heterophyllus (G. Don) P. S. GreenParrotia persica (DC) C.A. MeyerPhotinia x fraseri DressPieris spp. D. DonPseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) FrancoQuercus spp. L.Rhododendron spp. L., other than Rhododendron simsii Planch.Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt.Salix caprea L.Sequoia sempervirens (Lamb. ex D. Don) Endl.Syringa vulgaris L.Taxus spp. L.Trientalis latifolia (Hook)Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.Vaccinium ovatum PurshViburnum spp. L 
(a) Either–
(i) the certificate must contain an additional declaration that the material originates in an area recognised by the official plant health service of the country from which the material originates (“the relevant plant health service”) as being free from non European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum, in which case the name of the area from where the material originates must be specified under “place of origin”; or
(ii) the certificate must be issued only after official verification by the relevant plant health service that upon official inspections carried out during the last complete cycle of vegetation of the susceptible material the subject of the certificate, or upon laboratory testing of apparent symptoms of non European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum, no signs of non European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum have been found on susceptible material or any susceptible tree at the place of production; and
(b) the certificate must be issued only after representative samples of the plants have been taken before shipment, and have been tested and found free from non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum in these tests, in which case the certificate must be endorsed by the relevant plant health service under the heading “additional declaration” with the statement “tested and found free from non-European isolates of Phytophthora ramorum”.”.
(2) In the second column of Schedule 2–
(a) in paragraph (b), for “once” substitute “twice”; and
(b) in paragraph (c)–
(i) in sub-paragraph (i), after “other susceptible material” insert “, including associated growing media and plant debris,”;
(ii) omit “and” immediately after sub-paragraph (ii); and
(iii) at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) add–“
 ; and
(iv) appropriate phytosanitary measures have been taken within a radius of two metres from where infected plants have been standing”.
RICHARD LOCHHEAD
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
5th September 2007