The Potatoes Originating in Germany (Notification) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2002 No. 7 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 14 January 2002
In force from: 11 February 2002
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Agriculture, plant health, food production and rural affairs
Made under: Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order places certain notification requirements upon persons importing potatoes from Germany which have been grown after 2000. It requires importers bringing such potatoes into Northern Ireland on or after 11th February 2002 to give at least two days' notice in writing to an inspector of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, providing specified details as to, inter alia, the landing and intended use of the potatoes (Article 3(1)). It also requires importers of German potatoes which arrived in Northern Ireland between 14th January 2002 and the coming into operation of the Order on 11th February 2002 to provide specified information of a similar nature no later than 28th February 2002 (Article 3(2)). The Order provides that an inspector who has reasonable grounds for suspecting a contravention of its provisions may exercise in respect of German potatoes certain enforcement powers conferred by Articles 22, 23 and 25 of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993.

Offences created by this instrument

A person who contravenes the requirements for notification under Article 3 without reasonable excuse, proof of which… article 5(1) · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not

What Parliament said about it

Hansard was searched for this instrument by name and returned nothing. That is the ordinary outcome: an instrument laid under the negative procedure is usually never debated, and becomes law without a word said about it in either House.

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
Other instruments from 2002