Plant Health legislation
Plant Health legislation changes have been made to amend retained EU law, specifically the Plant Health Regulation (PHR), the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation (PCR), and the Official Controls Regulation (OCR). These changes impact the requirements of businesses importing and exporting plants, plant products and other objects to and from Great Britain (GB).
The three tables below list all such plant-health related amendments. The WTO have been notified of this legislation, as appropriate.
If you have any further questions or require further information, please email us at planthealth@defra.gov.uk
Table 1:
CODE |
SI REFERENCE |
TITLE |
COVERS |
PH/05 |
2020/1482 |
The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
|
Operability amends to the retained PHR.
|
PH/06 |
2020/1527 |
The Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
|
Operability amends to the retained PCR.
|
APH/021 |
2021/79 |
The Plant Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021
|
Movement requirements for Qualifying Northern Ireland Goods
|
PH/031 |
2021/136 |
The Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2021
|
Requirements and enforcement for Places of Destination.
|
PH/033 |
2021/187 |
The Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
|
Correcting error in Xylella measures (PH/031)
|
PH/010 |
2021/426 |
The Official Controls, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021
|
Frequency of checks for high-priority EU goods. |
PH/025 |
2021/641 |
The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2021
|
Massicus raddei and Agrilus bilineatus measures.
|
PH/026 |
2021/1171 |
The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2021
|
Pest measures (blueberry rust, gall midge, Agrilus beetle etc).
|
PH/034 |
2021/1229 |
The Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021
|
Operability amends to missed EU decision.
|
PH/036 |
2022/114 |
The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2022
|
Pest measures (OPM etc).
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PH/041 |
2022/484 |
The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)
|
Amending the measures on pine processionary moth. |
PH/038 |
2022/739 |
The Official Controls (Plant Health) (Frequency of Checks) Regulations 2022
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Sets method to determine the frequency of checks on EU high-priority goods and on all goods from non-EU (under OCR powers)
|
PH/037 |
2022/1020 |
The Pests of Plants (Authorisations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
|
Amendments to legislation on scientific licensing (under PHR powers)
|
APH/008
|
2022/1090 |
|
Operability amendments to missed EU decision and corrections to previous SIs
|
PH/039 |
2022/1120 |
The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022
|
Amendments to the PCR (measures to inspect seeds of Pinus and Pseudotsuga menziesii, import clarifications etc.). |
APH/009
|
2022/1315
|
The Animals and Animal Health, Feed and Food, Plants and Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2022
|
Corrections to previous SIs
|
PH/045
|
2022/1367
|
The Plant Health and Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022
|
Corrections to previous SIs, including the PHR for demarcated areas
|
PH/043 |
2023/497 |
Corrections to legislation to update errors regarding the import requirements on seed potatoes and implement new measures against OPM. |
|
PH/044 |
2023/1131 |
The Official Controls (Plant Health) (Prior Notification) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2023 |
Amendments to the PCR, including measures on tomato and pepper viroids and the expansion of import requirements on potato plants. The OCR is also amended to remove the requirement for pre-notifying certain goods from the EU, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. |
Table 2: Cross cutting legislation
CODE |
SI REFERENCE |
TITLE |
COVERS |
OFC/02 |
2020/1481 |
|
Operability amends to the retained OCR
|
OFC/06 |
2020/1631 |
|
Operability amends to the retained OCR
|
AH/052 |
2021/78 |
The Official Controls (Temporary Measures) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
|
Amends to end date of Coronavirus easements |
PH/11 |
2021/429 |
|
Amends to phasing in of import controls on EU goods
|
AH/056 |
2021/681 |
Amends to phasing in of import controls on EU goods
|
|
OFC/08 |
2021/809 |
The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021
|
Amends to phasing in of import controls on EU goods
|
AH/058 |
2021/1096 |
The Official Controls (Temporary Measures) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
|
Amends to end date of coronavirus easements
|
OFC/07 |
2021/1443 |
The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
|
Amends to phasing in of import controls on EU goods
|
AH/063 |
2021/1491 |
The Official Controls (Temporary Measures) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 |
Amends to end date of Coronavirus easements |
OFC/10 |
2022/621 |
The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
|
Amends to phasing in of import controls on EU goods
|
OFC/013 |
2022/1374 |
The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 |
Amends to phasing in of import controls on EU goods |
Table 3: Plant health fees
CODE |
SI REFERENCE |
TITLE |
COVERS |
APH/025 |
2021/623 |
The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021
|
Amends fee legislation for Movement Assistance Scheme.
|
PH/09
|
2021/625
|
The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
|
Amends fee legislation for import checks on EU goods (SI 2021/426).
|
PH/035
|
2022/836 |
The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022
|
Amends fees for import checks on goods (SI 2022/739).
|
PH/048 | 2023/1391 |
The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 |
Amends fee legislation to extend the Movement Assistant Scheme to enable trade between GB and NI |
Table 4: Windsor Framework legislation
CODE | SI REFERENCE | TITLE | COVERS | |
NID/015 | 2023/896 |
The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023
|
Establishes the NI Retail Movement Scheme. |
|
NID/012 |
|
The Windsor Framework (Plant Health) Regulations 2023
|
Covers provisions for the movement of seed potatoes and plants between GB and NI, under the NI Plant Health Label scheme |
|
NID/014 | 2023/959 |
|
Amends the PCR and OCR to enable the NI Retail Movement scheme. Amends the PHR to enable the the NI Plant Health Label scheme. |
|
NID/013 | 2023/1056 |
The Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023
|
Delivering enforcement and sanctions provisions for the NI Plant Health Label scheme and the NI Retail Movement Scheme. |
If you have any further questions or require further information, please email us at planthealth@defra.gov.uk