Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. No. 25 of 1996).

This Order amends the 1993 Order to provide for the granting of licences by Ministers in accordance with the requirements of Commission Directive 95/44/EC establishing the conditions under which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annexes I to V to Council Directive 77/93/EEC may be introduced into or moved within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections. The Order: (a) provides for the granting of licences authorizing the importation, movement and keeping of material that would otherwise be prohibited and controls the use of such material (art. 4); and (b) extends the range of citrus fruits that may, subject to certain conditions, circulate in the Community with leaves and peduncles (arts. 5 to 9).