This Order replaces the Plant Health (England) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2530) and the Plant Health (England) (Phytophthora ramorum) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2590).
This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. It appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the references to the European Union instruments referred to in article 2(5) to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.