Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 484
Plant Health
The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022
Made
27th April 2022
Laid before Parliament
28th April 2022
Coming into force
29th April 2022
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 41(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants( 1 ) (“ the Plant Health Regulation ”), makes the following Regulations.
The Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers( 2 ) have consented to the Secretary of State making these Regulations for the purposes of Article 2a(2) of the Plant Health Regulation.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 29th April 2022.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, and Scotland.
Amendments to Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/2072
2. —(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants( 3 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In Annex 7, in Part A, in entry 57 of the table—
(a) in the first column, omit “for planting”;
(b) in the third column, omit paragraph (c) but not the final “or”.
Benyon of Englefield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
27th April 2022
EUR 2016/2013, amended by S.I. 2020/1482 . There are other amendments, but none is relevant to this instrument.
Article 2a(2) of EUR 2016/2031 contains a definition of “ the appropriate authority ” for the purposes of making regulations and provides that, in the case of regulations applying in relation to Wales or Scotland, “the appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by the Welsh Ministers or the Scottish Ministers, as the case may be.
EUR 2019/2072, amended by S.I. 2020/1527 . There are other amendments, but none is relevant to this instrument.