The Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) (Amendment)(No. 2) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/1679
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title, extent and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1987, shall apply to Great Britain and shall come into force on 3rd October 1987.

Section 2 Amendment of principal Order

The Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) Order 1980 shall be amended as follows –

(1) After paragraph (h) of article 5 (prohibition of landing of certain plants etc. ) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –

(i) any raw vegetables, intended for consumption or processing, from plants of beets ( Beta L.), carrot ( Daucus L.), celery or celeriac( Apium L.), leek ( Allium L.), turnip or swede, ( Brassica L.) if the consignment contains more than 1% by weight of soil.

(2) In Part IIIA of Schedule 2, in item 45(7), (soil tolerance in a consignment of potatoes), for “2%” there shall be substituted “1%”.