S T A T U T O R Y  I N S T R U M E N T S  
2022 No. 
PLANT  HEALTH  
The Pests  of Plant s (Authorisations)  (Amendment ) Regulations  
2022  
Made  - - - - *** 
Laid before  Parliament  *** 
Coming  into force  - - 1st November  2022  
The Secretary  of State  makes  these  Regulations  in exercise  of the powers  conferred  by Articles  
8(5), 48(5)  and 105(6)(a)  of Regulation  (EU)  2016/2031  of the European  Parliament  and of the 
Council  on protective  measures  against  pests  of plants (a) (“the  Plant  Health  Regulation”) . 
In accordance  with Article  2a(2)(a) of the Plant  Health  Regulation,  the Scottish  Ministers  and the 
Welsh  Ministers  have  consented  to the Secretary  of State  making  these  Regulations.  
Citation,  commencement  and extent  
1.—(1) These  Regulations  may be cited  as the Pests of Plants  (Authorisations ) (Amendment ) 
Regulations  2022.  
(2) These  Regulations  come  into force  on 1st November  2022.  
(3) These  Regulations  extend  to England  and Wales  and Scotland.  
Amendment  of Commission  Delegated  Regulation  2019/829  
2.—(1) Commission  Delegated  Regulation  (EU)  2019/829  supplementing  Regulation  (EU)  
2016/2031  of the European  Parliament  and of the Council  on protective  measures  against  pests  of 
plants,  authorising  Member  States  to provide  for temporary  derogations  in view  of official  testing , 
scientific  or educational  purposes,  trials,  varietal  selections,  or breeding (b) is amended  as follows.  
(2) Omit  Article  3 (recording  of information) . 
(3) In Article  6(4) (letter  of authority) — 
(a) for the first subparagraph,  substitute — 
“The letter  of authority  issued  by the competent  authority (c) for a type of specified  material  
covers  all introductions  into or movement  within  Great  Britain  of that material , subject  to 
the following  condition . 
 
(a) EUR 2016/2031. Articles 8 and 48 were amended by, and Article 105 substituted by S.I. 2020/1482.  Article  2a(2) of EUR 
2016/2031 (inserted by S.I. 2020/1482) contains a definition of “the appropriate authority” for the purposes of making 
regulations and provides that, in the case of regulations applying in relation to Wales or Scotland, “the appropriate 
autho rity” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by the Welsh Ministers or the Scottish Ministers, as the case may be.  
(b) EUR 2019/829, amended by S.I. 2020/1482.  
(c) See Article 2(6) of EUR 2016/2031 (amended by S.I. 2020/1482) for the definition of “ competent authority”.   2 For movement  within  Great  Britain , a copy  of the letter  of authority  must  be endorsed  by 
the competent  authority  of the relevant  territory  of Great  Britain  from  which  the material  is 
to be moved  (where  that authority  is not the issuing  authority). ”; 
(b) for the second  subparag raph, substitute — 
“The letter  of authority  is valid  until the end of 31st December  in the calendar  year in which  
it is issued. ”. 
(4) In Annex  1, in paragraph  1— 
(a) in point  (c), omit “the number  of sendings  and the quantity  per sending  in case of multiple  
sendings,” ; 
(b) in point  (d), for the words  from  “, address ” to “case”,  substitute  “and  address  (including  
country),  with appropriate  documentary  evidence  where ”. 
(5) For Annex  2 (model  letter  of authority) , substit ute the model  letter  of authority  set out in the 
Schedule.  
Transitional  provision  
3. Regulation  2(3)(a)  applies  in relation  to a letter  of authority  issued  before  1st November  2022  
to introductions  or movement s made  after the coming  into force  of these  Regul ations.  
 
 
 
Signatory  text 
 
 
 Name  
Address  Parliamentary  Under  Secretary  of State  
Date Department  for Environment,  Food  and Rural  Affairs  
 
  3  SCHEDULE  Regulation  2 
Model  Letter  of Authority  for the introduction  into, or movement  within,  
Great  Britain  of pests, plants,  plant  products  and other  objects  for 
scientific  or educational  purposes  etc 
“
”  4  
EXPLANATORY  NOTE  
(This  note is not part of the Regulations)  
These  Regulations  amend  Commission  Delegated  Regulation  (EU)  2019/829  supplementing  
Regulation  (EU)  2016/2031  of the European  Parliament  and of the Council  on protective  measures  
against  pests  of plants,  authorising  Member  States  to provide  for temporary  derogations  in view  of 
official  testing,  scientif ic or educational  purposes,  trials,  varietal  selections,  or breeding . 
The Regulations  amend  the requirement s for record  keeping , allow  multiple  introductions  into and 
movements  of material  within  Great  Britain  to take place  under  one letter  of authority  (subject  to 
endorsement  by the competent  authorit y of the territory  of Great  Britain  from  which  the material  is 
to be moved , where  appropriate ), amend  the information  required  in an application  for an 
authorisation  and replace  the model  Letter  of Authority  with an updated  version  (regulation  2). 
The Regulations  make  transitional  provision  so that regulation  2(3)(a)  applies  to introductions  or 
movements  made  after the commencement  of the Regulations  under  letters  of authority  issued  
before  1st November  2022 . 
A full impact  assessment  has not been produced  for this instrument  as no, or no significant,  impact  
on the private  or voluntary  sector  is foreseen .