
2001 No. 437
PLANT HEALTH
The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001
Made 27th December 2001
Coming into operation 21st January 2002
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 2, 3(1), 3A, 3B(1) and 4(1) of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1 
This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 21st January 2002.
Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993
2 
The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 shall be amended in accordance with Articles 3 to 17.
3 
In Article 3(1) (Interpretation):
(a) for the definition of “Directive 77/93/EEC” there shall be substituted—“
 “Directive 2000/29/EC” means Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8th May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community, as amended by Commission Directive 2001/33/EC amending certain annexes to Council Directive 2000/29/EC”;
(b) in the definition of “protected zone”, after sub-paragraph (b), for the words “Article 16a of Directive 77/93/EEC” there shall be substituted “Article 18 of Directive 2000/29/EC”.
4 
In Article 30, for the words “Directive 77/93/EEC” there shall be substituted the words “Directive 2000/29/EC”.
5 
In Schedule 1, Part B, Section A (Insects, Mites And Nematodes At All Stages Of Their Development)—
(a) in column (3) opposite Item 1 “Denmark” shall be deleted; and
(b) for the entries in column (3) opposite Item 2 there shall be substituted—“Finland (districts of Aland, Håme, Kymi, Pirkanmaa, Satakunta, Turku, Uusimaa);Ireland;Portugal (Azores and Madeira);Spain (Ibiza and Menorca);Sweden (counties of Blekinge, Gotlands, Halland, Kalmar and Skåne); andUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands).”
6 
In Schedule 1, Part B, Section B (Viruses And Virus-Like Organisms), in column (3) opposite Item 2 “Denmark” shall be deleted.
7 
In Schedule 2, Part B, Section A (Insects, Mites And Nematodes At All Stages Of Their Development)—
(a) for the entries in column (4) opposite Item 5 there shall be substituted—“Greece;Portugal (Azores; district of Beja: all concelhos; district of Castelo Branco: concelhos de Castelo Branco, Fundão and Penamacôr, Idanha-a-Nova; district of Évora with the exception of concelhos de Montemor-O-Novo, Mora and Vendas Novas; district of Faro: all concelhos; district of Portalegre: concelhos de Arronches, Campo Maior, Elvas, Fronteira, Monforte and Sousel)”; and
(b) Item 7 shall be deleted.
8 
In Schedule 2, Part B, Section B (Bacteria) for the entries in column (4) opposite Item 2 there shall be substituted—“
 Austria (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, East Tyrol, Styria, Vienna);
 Finland;
 France (Corsica);
 Ireland;
 Italy (Abruzzi; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forlí-Cesena, Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli-Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Marche; Molise; Piedmont; Apulia; Sardinia; Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto);
 Portugal;
 Spain; and
 United Kingdom (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands)”.
9 
In Schedule 3, Part A (Plants, Plant Products And Other Objects Which May Not Be Landed If They Originate In Certain Countries), at Item 7, column (3) for the words “Article 16a of Directive 77/93/EEC”, in both places where they appear, there shall be substituted “Article 18 of Directive 2000/29/EC”.
10 
In Schedule 3, Part B (Plants And Plant Products Which May Not Be Introduced Into Or Kept Within Certain Protected Zones):
(a) for the entries in column (3) opposite Item 1 there shall be substituted—“Austria (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, East Tyrol, Styria, Vienna);Finland;France (Corsica);Ireland;Italy (Abruzzi; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forli-Cesena, Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli-Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Marche; Molise; Piedmont; Apulia, Sardinia, Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto);Portugal;Spain; andUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands)”;
(b) in column (2) opposite Item 1 for the words “Article 16a of Directive 77/93/EEC” there shall be substituted “Article 18 of Directive 2000/29/EC”.
11 
In Schedule 4, Part A, Section 1 (Plants, Plant Products And Other Objects Originating Outside The European Community) opposite Items 11, 12, 14, 17, 30, 31, and 63 for “Article 16a of Directive 77/93/EEC” in the text in column (3), and opposite Item 43 in the text in column (2) there shall be substituted the words “Article 18 of Directive 2000/29/EC”.
12 
In Schedule 4, Part A, Section II (Plants, Plant Products And Other Objects Originating In The European Community) opposite Items 6, 7, 17, and 30 for “Article 16a of Council Directive 77/93/EEC” in the text in column (3) there shall be substituted the words “Article 18 of Directive 2000/29/EC”.
13 
In Schedule 4, Part B (Conditions To Be Met Before Plants, Plant Products And Other Objects May Be Introduced Into Or Moved Within Certain Protected Zones)—
(a) Item 7 shall be deleted; and
(b) at Item 12 for the text in column (4) there shall be substituted—“Greece; andPortugal (Azores; district of Beja: all concelhos; district of Castelo Branco: concelhos de Castelo Branco, Fundão and Penamacôr, Idanha-a-Nova; district of Évora with the exception of concelhos de Montemor-O-Novo, Mora and Vendas Novas; district of Faro: all concelhos; district of Portalegre: concelhos de Arronches, Campo Maior, Elvas, Fronteira, Monforte and Sousel)”;
(c) at Item 15 for the text in column (4) there shall be substituted—“Austria (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, East Tyrol, Styria, Vienna);Finland;France (Corsica);Ireland;Italy (Abruzzi; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forlí-Cesena, Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli-Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Marche; Molise; Piedmont; Apulia; Sardinia; Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto);Portugal;Spain; andUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands)”.
(d) in column (4), opposite Item 18 “Denmark” shall be deleted.
14 
In Schedule 8, Part A, (Insects, Mites And Nematodes At All Stages Of Their Development)—
(a) in column (3) opposite Item 2 “Denmark” shall be deleted;
(b) at Item 6 for the text in column (3) there shall be substituted—“Greece; andPortugal (Azores; district of Beja: all concelhos; district of Castelo Branco: concelhos de Castelo Branco, Fundão and Penamacôr, Idanha-a-Nova; district of Évora with the exception of concelhos de Montemor-O-Novo, Mora and Vendas Novas; district of Faro: all concelhos; district of Portalegre: concelhos de Arronches, Campo Maior, Elvas, Fronteira, Monforte and Sousel)”;
(c) at Item 12 for the text in column (3) there shall be substituted—“Spain (Ibiza and Menorca);Ireland;Portugal (Azores and Madeira),Finland (districts of Åland, Håme, Kymi, Pirkanmaa, Satakunta, Turku, Uusimaa),Sweden (counties of Blekinge, Gotlands, Halland, Kalmar and Skåne);United Kingdom (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands)”.
(d) Item 14 shall be deleted.
15 
In Schedule 8, Part B (Bacteria), for the text in column (3) opposite Item 2 there shall be substituted—“
 Spain;
 France (Corsica);
 Ireland;
 Italy (Abruzzi; Basilicata; Calabria; Campania; Emilia-Romagna: provinces of Forlí-Cesena, Parma, Piacenza and Rimini; Friuli-Venezia Giulia; Lazio; Liguria; Lombardy; Marche; Molise; Piedmont; Apulia; Sardinia; Sicily; Tuscany; Trentino-Alto Adige: autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento; Umbria; Valle d'Aosta; Veneto);
 Austria (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, East Tyrol, Styria, Vienna);
 Portugal;
 Finland; and
 United Kingdom (Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands)”.
16 
In Schedule 8, Part D (Viruses And Virus-Like Organisms), in column (3) opposite Item 2 “Denmark” shall be deleted.
17 
Schedule 14 (Instruments Amending And Supplementing Council Directive 77/93/EEC) shall be deleted.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 27th December 2001.
R. S. Johnston
A Senior Officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
