Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996
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PLANT HEALTH Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996
The Department of Agriculture in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 2[1], 3(1)[2], 3A[3], 3B(1)[4] and 4(1)[5] of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967[6] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 6th March 1996.
2. The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993[7] shall be amended in accordance with Articles 3 to 16.
"Movement of wood, isolated bark and used forestry machinery through protected zones 6A.—(1) Where wood or isolated bark which is specified in column (2) of Part B of Schedule 4 originates outside the protected zones listed in column (4) of that Part opposite the reference to such wood or isolated bark it may be moved through a protected zone to a destination outside thereof without a plant passport valid for that protected zone provided that the conditions specified in Part A of Schedule 9 are met. (2) Where used forestry machinery originates outside the protected zones listed in column (4) of Part B of Schedule 4 it may be moved through a protected zone to a destination outside thereof provided that the conditions specified in Part A of Schedule 9 are met. (3) Where in the case of any wood or isolated bark to which paragraph (1) relates or in the case of used forestry machinery to which paragraph (2) relates, it appears during an inspection carried out under Article 23 within the protected zone in relation thereto that the wood, isolated bark or used forestry machinery does not meet the conditions specified in Part A of Schedule 9 then without prejudice to Article 20 or 21 the measures specified in Part B of that Schedule may be taken in relation thereto." .
(2) Subject to Article 6A, a person shall not consign directly from Northern Ireland to a Member State or to Great Britain, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands any wood, isolated bark or other object specified in column (2) of Part A of Schedule 5 (other than wood of conifers actually in use as dunnage or wood of conifers which has been stripped of its bark) unless that wood, isolated bark or other object is accompanied by a plant passport. (3) Subject to Article 6A, a person shall not consign directly from Northern Ireland to a protected zone listed in column (4) of Part B of Schedule 5 any wood or isolated bark specified opposite thereto in column (2) (other than wood of conifers actually in use as dunnage or wood of conifers which has been stripped of its bark) unless that wood or isolated bark is accompanied by a plant passport valid for that protected zone." .
"Notification of landing of wood, isolated bark and other objects consigned directly from third countries, whose landing in Northern Ireland is subject to special conditions 18A. There shall not be landed any wood, isolated bark or other objects of a description specified in column (2) of Section I of Part A of Schedule 4 unless the importer has notified an inspector of his intention to land that wood, isolated bark or other objects and of the proposed means of introduction and point of entry at least three days before the intended date of landing." .
"Greece, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom (Scotland, Northern Ireland, England: the following counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cleveland, Cornwall, Cumbria, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Greater London, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside, Kent, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, the Isle of Wight, the Isle of Man, Jersey, the Isles of Scilly, and the following parts of counties; Avon: that part of the county which lies to the south of the southern boundary of the M4 motorway; Cheshire: that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the Peak District National Park together with that part of the county which lies to the north of the northern boundary of the A52(T) road to Derby and that part of the county which lies to the north of the northern boundary of the A6(T) road; Gloucestershire: that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road; Greater Manchester: that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the Peak District National Park; Leicestershire: that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road together with that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the B411A road together with that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the M1 motorway; North Yorkshire: the whole county except that part of the county which comprises the district of Craven; Staffordshire: that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the A52(T) road; Warwickshire: that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road; Wiltshire: that part of the county which lies to the south of the southern boundary of the M4 motorway to the intersection of the M4 motorway and the Fosse Way Roman road, and that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road)." ;
Notes: [1] As amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2; 1979 c. 2, s. 177(1) and Sch. 4 Pt. II: and S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2) back [2] As amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2 back [3] Inserted by S.I. 1975/1038 (N.I. 8) Art. 11(2) back [4] Inserted by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2) back [5] As amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2) back [6] 1967 c. 28 (N.I.) back [7] S.R. 1993 No. 460 back |
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