Notice is hereby given that the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, has made a Statutory Rule entitled The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) ( Phytophthora ramorum ) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 which will come into operation on 12th April 2003.

Copies of the Rule (SR 2003 No. 175) may be obtained from the Stationery Office Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD. ISBN 0 337 950318, £2.00.