Title and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2012 and comes into force on 7th December 2012.

Amendment of the Plant Health (England) Order 2005

2. —(1)The Plant Health (England) Order 2005( 3 ) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (3) of article 19 (prohibitions on landing plant pests and relevant material)( 4 ), substitute—

“ (3) Paragraph (4) applies to—

(a) seed potatoes grown or suspected to have been grown in another member State or in Switzerland; or

(b) potatoes, other than seed potatoes, grown or suspected to have been grown in Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain.

(4) Subject to article 22, no person shall land in England any such potatoes unless written notification is provided to an inspector, at least two days prior to the intended date of introduction into England of the potatoes, of the intention to land the potatoes and of the matters contained in paragraph (5).

(5) The matters are—

(a) the intended time, date and means of introduction of the potatoes;

(b) their intended point of entry into England;

(c) their intended use and destination;

(d) their variety and quantity; and

(e) the producer’s identification number. ” .

(3) In Part B (relevant material, from another part of the European Union, which may only be landed in or moved within England if special requirements are satisfied) of Schedule 4( 5 )—

(a) in the third column of item 15 of the table, for “item 16” substitute “items 16 and 19a”;

(b) in the third column of item 19 of the table, for “There shall be evidence” substitute “Without prejudice to item 19a, there shall be evidence”; and

(c) after item 19 of the table, insert—