Horticulture Act (Northern Ireland) 1966

35 Interpretation. N.I.

(1) In this Act—

• “authorised officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 24(1);

• [F1 “Community grading rules” means any directly applicable Community provisions establishing standards of quality for fresh horticultural produce;]

• [F2 “certificate” includes any document other than a label which accompanies any produce and which contains information relating to the standard of quality to which it refers;

• “standards of quality” means in relation to produce a common standard imposed by Community grading rules relating to quality, size and packaging;

• “freight container” means any returnable container especially designed for the carriage of freight in transport.]

• “container” means a can, bottle, carton or other vessel or receptacle used in the processing of horticultural produce or in which processed horticultural produce is packed;

• “label” includes any device for conveying information by written characters or other symbols, and any characters or symbols stamped or otherwise placed directly on to a package or container or, as the case may be, the produce, and references to the affixing of a label shall be construed accordingly;

• “the Ministry” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1);

• “package” includes any wrapper, bag, basket, pail, punnet, tray, case, carton, parcel, cask, box, crate or other receptacle;

• “premises” includes any stall;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Ministry;

• “processed horticultural produce” means horticultural produce to which Part II applies which has been processed (within the meaning of that Part) in Northern Ireland.

(2) In sections[F3 24 to 27] “horticultural produce” means produce being—

(a) regulated fresh produce within the meaning of Part I;

Paras. (b), (c) rep. by 1996 NI 11

F1 SRO (NI) 1972/351

F2 SRO (NI) 1973/19

F3 1996 NI 11