2007 No. 3450

PLANT HEALTH

The Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 2007

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

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 19671:

Title and commencement1

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.

Amendments to the Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) Order 20042

1

The Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) Order 20042 is amended as follows.

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);

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.

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.

The Official Seal of the Forestry Commissioners

Wilma HarperSecretary to the Forestry Commissioners
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.