Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2013 (S.S.I. No. 187 of 2013).

This Order amends the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005 so as implement Community measures to prevent the introduction and spread of certain plant pests. It also amends article 31 of the principal Order to ensure that inspectors may enter premises for the purposes of determining whether any plant pest is present there (or for determining the distribution of any plant pest). It also makes provision for notification requirements for the landing of certain tree plants in Scotland. It introduces a new article (19B), which requires twenty four hours written notice to be given to plant health inspectors before the landing in Scotland of certain tree plants which are intended for planting.