1. In this Schedule—
“Directive 93/85/EEC” means Council Directive 93/85/EEC on the control of potato ring rot;
“Directive 98/57/EC” means Council Directive 98/57/EC on the control of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et. al;
“Directive 2007/33/EC” means Council Directive 2007/33/EC on the control of potato cyst nematodes and repealing Directive 69/465/EEC;
“official”, in relation to any testing or other activity described in this Schedule, means carried out by or performed by the Department, and “officially” is to be construed accordingly;
“premises” includes any place or land, building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, hovercraft, freight container, railway wagon, trailer or movable building or structure;
“potato” means any tuber or true seed or any other plant of Solanum tuberosum L. or other tuber-forming species of the genus Solanum L.;
“Potato brown rot” means either the disease of potatoes caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. or that bacterium, as the context requires;
“Potato ring rot” means either the disease of potatoes which is caused by Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. spp Sependonicus (Spieckermann and Kotthof) Davis et al. or that bacterium, as the context requires;
“Seed Potatoes Regulations” means the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(1).