Plant Health Act 1967

Plant Health Act 1967

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts 1877 to 1927, together with section 11 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1949.
Citation	1967 c. 8
Territorial extent	England and Wales Scotland
Dates
Royal assent	22 March 1967
Commencement	22 March 1967
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	European Communities At 1972 Local Government Act 1972 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 Local Government Act 1974 Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 Criminal Justice Act 1982 Agriculture Act 1986 Channel Tunnel (Amendment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Import Legislation) Order 1990 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 Criminal Justice Act 2003 Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Plant Health Act 1967 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Plant Health Act 1967 (c. 8) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the control of destructive insects and pests in Great Britain.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 7 of the act repealed 7 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.

Citation	Short title	Extent of repeal
40 & 41 Vict. c. 68	Destructive Insects Act 1877	The whole act.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 30	Board of Agriculture Act 1889	In section 2(1), paragraph (a).
		In section 9(1), the words " the Privy Council or ", the word " other" and the words " Privy Council or ".
		Schedule 1, Part I.
7 Edw. 7. c. 4	Destructive Insects and Pests Act 1907	The whole act.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 49	Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911	In Schedule 1, the reference to the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts 1877 and 1907.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 58	Forestry Act 1919	Section 3(2), so far as it transfers the power of making orders under the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts 1877 to 1927.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 32	Destructive Insects and Pests Act 1927	The whole act.
12 & 13 Geo. 6. c. 37	Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1949	Section 11.

Subsequent developments

The act has been amended on several occasions. Section 5(3) was amended by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 and substituted in Scotland by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 substituted section 1(2)(a)–(b), inserted section 1(2)(za), and repealed section 6(4), modifying the competent authorities for Scotland.

External links

• Text of the Plant Health Act 1967 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
• Text of the Plant Health Act 1967 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.