See www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot SI NOTIFICATION: SUMMARY Title: The Plant Health and Phytosanitary Conditions (Oak Processionary Moth and Plant Pests) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 – (PH/043) Proposed laying date at Westminster Laying on 2 May 2023 – come into force 24 May 2023 Date by which Committee is to respond 26 April 2023 Power(s) under which SI is to be made Articles 8(5), 17 (1), 28 (1) and (4),37(5). 48(5), 105 (6) and Annex 2 of the retained Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants (the Plant Health Regulation (PHR)) Categorisation under SI Protocol Type 1 Purpose: PH/043 amends • the retained Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 (“the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation” (PCR)), establishing uniform conditions for the PHR as regards protective measures against pests of plants.