The Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/3242
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.

Section 2 Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993

The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of articles 3 to 6 below.

Section 3 Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993

In Schedule 1, Part A, Section 1(c), after item 15 there shall be inserted the following—

(15.1) Tilletia indica Mitra.

Section 4 Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993

In Schedule 4, Part A, Section 1, after item 52 there shall be inserted the following—

(53) Seeds of the genera Triticum, Secale and X Triticosecale from Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA where Tilletia indica Mitra is known to occur.

(54) Grain of the genera Triticum, Secale and X Triticosecale from Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA where Tilletia indica Mitra is known to occur.

Official statement that either:

the grain originates in an area where Tilletia indica Mitra is known not to occur, the name of the area or areas being mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate under the rubric “place of origin””,

or

no symptoms of Tilletia indica Mitra have been observed on the plants at the place of production during their last complete cycle of vegetation and representative samples of the grain have been taken both at the time of harvest and before shipment and have been tested and found free from Tilletia indica Mitra in these tests, the latter shall be mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate, in the rubric “name of produce”, as “tested and found free from Tilletia indica Mitra”.

Section 5 Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993

In Schedule 5, Part B, Section I—

(a) in point 1 after the word “Uruguay,” there shall be inserted the following—

genera Triticum, Secale and X Triticosecale from Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA,

(b) after point 7 there shall be inserted the following—

(8) Grain of the genera Triticum, Secale and X Triticosecale originating in Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA.

Section 6 Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993

In Schedule 16 there shall be inserted at the end the following—