What UK Plant Health Act 1967: Control of the Introduction and Spread of Plant Pests in Great Britain requires
The Plant Health Act 1967 is the enabling framework under which Great Britain controls the introduction and spread of plant pests, conferring order-making powers on the competent authorities to protect crops, trees and the wider environment from harmful organisms, administered by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the devolved administrations together with the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Section 1 sets the objects of the Act and identifies the competent authorities. Section 2 confers the power to control the introduction of pests into Great Britain, enabling orders to prevent the importation of pests. Section 3 confers the power to control the spread of pests in Great Britain, enabling orders for preventing the spread of pests already present, including provision for the destruction or treatment of crops and plants and for related measures. Section 4 provides for the execution of the Act by government departments, and section 4A provides for charges in connection with import and export licences and certificates. Section 5 provides for the execution of the Act by local authorities. Section 6 requires the publication of orders made under the Act, and section 9 contains the short title and extent. The substantive controls operate through the secondary legislation made under sections 2 and 3, which is the mechanism by which specific pests, host materials and phytosanitary requirements are regulated. The Act is the statutory foundation of the Great Britain plant-health regime and the legal basis on which import controls, inspections, plant passports and pest-eradication orders are imposed.
Pillar: Agriculture & Agritech · Authority: UK Parliament / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Animal and Plant Health Agency · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/8/contents
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- Plant Health Act 1967, section 1 - objects of the Act and competent authorities under it.
- Plant Health Act 1967, section 2 - control of introduction of pests into Great Britain.
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