Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments Thirty-Third Report


APPENDIX 3

S.I. 2004/2590: memorandum from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plant Health (Phytophthora ramorum) (England) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2590)

1. The Joint Committee has requested the Department to submit a memorandum concerning the above Order on the following point -

What is the sanction for a contravention of -

(a) article 6(1) and (2);

(b) article 7(1) and (3).

2. The Department agrees with the Committee that the Order should have included sanctions for contraventions of article 6(1) and (2) and article 7(1) and (3). Such sanctions were omitted inadvertently.

3. The Department regrets the omission and will amend the Order at the earliest possible opportunity.

1st November 2004


 
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