2007 No. 3450
PLANT HEALTH
The Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 2007
Made 6th December 2007
Laid before Parliament 10th December 2007
Coming into force 31st December 2007

The Forestry Commissioners make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Plant Health Act 1967:
1967 c. 8; sections 2(1) and 3(1) and (2) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8; section 3(4) was substituted by section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48). Section 1(2) of the Plant Health Act 1967 defines “competent authorities” for the purposes of the Act.

1 Title and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 2007 and comes into force on 31st December 2007.

2 Amendments to the Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) Order 2004
1 The Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) Order 2004 is amended as follows.
S.I. 2004/3213.
2 In article 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “susceptible bark”, replace the words after “Acer macrophyllum Pursh.,” with “Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt., Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd., Quercus spp. L. and Taxus brevifolia Nutt.”.
3 In article 13 (offences)—
(a) for sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) substitute—

“(a) subject to paragraph (1A), he contravenes or fails to comply with article 3, 4, 5(1) or 9(1);”

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(b) after paragraph (1), insert—

“1A Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply where an article of any description is landed in Great Britain in contravention of a prohibition in this Order.”

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Sections 49 and 50 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c.2) provide respectively for forfeiture of goods improperly imported and penalties for improper importation of goods.
4 In the Schedule, for the first column substitute—

“I. Susceptible material, other than susceptible wood and susceptible bark
Acer macrophyllum Pursh. Acer pseudoplatanus L. Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) Paris Adiantum jordanii C. Muell. Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt. Aesculus hippocastanum L. Arbutus menziesii Pursch. Arbutus unedo L. Arctostaphylos spp. Adans Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull Castanea sativa Mill. Fagus sylvatica L. Frangula californica (Eschsch.) Gray Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper Fraxinus excelsior L. Griselinia littoralis (Raoul) Hamamelis virginiana L. Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindley) M. Roemer Kalmia latifolia L. Laurus nobilis L. Leucothoe spp. D. Don Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd. Lonicera hispidula (Lindl.) Dougl. ex Torr. & Gray Magnolia spp. L. Michelia doltsopa Buch.-Ham. ex DC Nothofagus obliqua (Mirbel) Blume Osmanthus heterophyllus (G. Don) P. S. Green Parrotia persica (DC) C.A. Meyer Photinia x fraseri Dress Pieris spp. D. Don Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco Quercus spp. L. Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt. Salix caprea L. Sequoia sempervirens (Lamb. ex D. Don) Endl. Syringa vulgaris L. Taxus spp. L. Trientalis latifolia (Hook) Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt Vaccinium ovatum Pursh II. Susceptible wood a. Wood of— Acer macrophyllum Pursh. Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt. Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd. Taxus breviflora Nutt. b. Wood of Quercus spp. L.”

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The Official Seal of the Forestry Commissioners
Wilma Harper Secretary to the Forestry Commissioners 6th December 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3213) (“the Order”) so as to implement Commission Decision 2007/201/EC amending Decision 2002/757/EC on provisional emergency phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in ‘t Veld sp.nov (O.J. No. L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 83). The principal change is to amend the description of susceptible material to which the Order applies (article 2(2) and (4)).
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.