The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993

Article 18(2)

SCHEDULE 12 SPECIAL MEASURES FOR THE CONTROL OF POTATO CYST NEMATODE(COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 69/465/EEC)(OJ No. L323, 24.12.69, p.3)

1.  If as a result of an official test Potato Cyst Nematode is recorded the land containing the plant pest shall be appropriately demarcated.

2.  Subject to item 5 of this Schedule, once contaminated land has been demarcated:

(a) no potatoes shall be grown thereon;

(b) no plants or planting material intended for transplanting shall be grown thereon, stored in the ground or otherwise.

3.  Subject to item 5 of this Schedule, seed potatoes which are contaminated or suspected of being contaminated may not be distributed as seed potatoes except where they have been treated in such a way that, to the satisfaction of an inspector, they are no longer contaminated.

4.  The measures taken to control Potato Cyst Eelworm or to prevent it from spreading shall be revoked only if the pest is no longer found to be present.

5.  Provided that there is no risk of the spread of Potato Cyst Nematode, an inspector may authorise:

(a) exemptions from the measures referred to in items 2 and 3 to this Schedule for scientific purposes, tests or selection work;

(b) the growing on contaminated land of potatoes other than seed potatoes which are resistant to pathotypes of Potato Cyst Nematode found on the contaminated land;

(c) the growing on contaminated land of potatoes other than seed potatoes, provided that such potatoes are to be harvested before the cysts of Potato Cyst Nematode mature;

(d) the growing on contaminated land of potatoes other than seed potatoes, where the ground has been decontaminated by appropriate means.

6.  A potato variety shall be regarded as being resistant to a particular pathotype of Potato Cyst Nematode if, when that variety is grown, a natural and annual decrease in the population of that pathotye is found to occur.

7.  Additional or stricter measures as may be deemed necessary for the control of Potato Cyst Nematode or to prevent its spread may be taken, or required by notice to be taken, in accordance with Article 22 or 23.