The Plant Health (Phytophthora ramorum) (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2002

Interpretation

2.  In this Order–

• “European Community” has the same meaning as that given in article 2(1) of the principal Order;

• “inspector” means any person authorised by the Scottish Ministers to be an inspector for the purposes of the principal Order;

• “originating” means, in respect of susceptible material, the place where the material is grown or produced, and “originate” shall be construed accordingly;

• “Phytophthora ramorum” means the pest Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in ‘t Veld sp. nov;

• “phytosanitary certificate” means a certificate duly completed in the form set out in Schedule 14 to the principal Order and issued in compliance with the provisions of this Order;

• “place of production” has the same meaning as that given in article 2(1) of the principal Order;

• “plant” has the same meaning as that given in article 2(1) of the principal Order, save that seed and fruit in the botanical sense are excluded(1);

• “plant passport” has the same meaning as that given in article 2(1) of the principal Order, save that references to the provisions of that Order are to be construed as if they were references to the provisions of this Order;

• “the principal Order” means the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993(2);

• “reforwarding phytosanitary certificate” has the same meaning as that given in article 2(1) of the principal Order;

• “susceptible forest material” means Quercus spp. L. and Lithocarpus densiflorus (H & A);

• “susceptible material” means, in the case of material originating in the United States of America (“USA”), plants of the species and genera listed in the first column of Schedule 1, and in all other cases, plants of Rhododendron spp. L., other than Rhododendron simsii Planch., and Viburnum spp. L;

• “third country” has the same meaning as that given in article 2(1) of the principal Order.

(1)

The definition of “plant” was amended by article 3(a) of S.I. 1995/1358.

(2)

S.I. 1993/1320; amended by S.I. 1993/3213, 1995/1358 and 2929, 1996/25, 1165 and 3242, 1997/1145 and 2907, 1998/349, 1121 and 2245, S.S.I. 1999/22 and 129, 2000/201, 2001/249 and 2002/164.