1997 No. 110
Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
Made
Coming into operation
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997.
Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993
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The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 19937 shall be amended in accordance with Articles 3 to 6.
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In Schedule 1, (Pests prohibited) Part A, Section C, after Item 17 there shall be inserted the following new Item—
17.1
Tilletia indica Mitra
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In Schedule 4, Part A, (Conditions to be met before certain plants, plant products and other objects may be landed or moved within the European Community) Section 18, after Item 67 there shall be inserted the following new Items—
67A.
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.
Official statement that the seeds originate in an area where Tilletia indica Mitra is known not to occur. The name of the area shall be mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate.
67B.
Grain of the genera Triticium, 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:
- i
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
- ii
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”.
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In Schedule 5, Part B, (Plants, plant products and other objects originating outside the European Community) Section 1—
a
in paragraph 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 paragraph 5 there shall be added the following paragraph—
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Grain of the genera Triticum, Secale and X Triticosecale originating in Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA.
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Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture
(This note is not part of the Order.)