The Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations 1995

Interpretation E+W+S

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

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[F2 “Directive 93/61/EEC” means Commission Directive 93/61/EEC setting out the schedules indicating the conditions to be met by vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed pursuant to Directive 92/33/EEC;]

[F3 [F4 “Directive 2008/72/EC” means Council Directive 2008/72/EC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed;]]

[F5 “EU Plant Health Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants;]

[F6 “the EU Plant Health Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC;]

“inspector” means any person authorised by the Minister to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations;

“marketing” means the delivery, offer for sale, exposure for sale, sale and possession with a view to sale of plant material, and “market” and “marketed” shall be construed accordingly;

“the Minister” means, as respects England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and, as respects Scotland or Wales, the Secretary of State;

“plant material” means parts of plants and all vegetative material, including rootstocks, or entire plants (including the grafted components of grafted plants), intended for the production of vegetables, other than seeds;

“producer” means a supplier engaged in the production or reproduction of plant material;

“responsible official body” means, as respects England and Wales, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and, as respects Scotland, the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department;

“supplier” means any person professionally engaged in the production, reproduction, preservation, treatment or marketing of plant material.

(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or a numbered schedule is a reference to the regulation or schedule so numbered in these Regulations.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) omitted: (E.) (31.3.2014) by virtue of The Seeds and Vegetable Plant Material (Nomenclature Changes) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/487), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a); (W.) (31.3.2014) by virtue of The Seeds and Vegetable Plant Material (Nomenclature Changes) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/519), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a); and (S.) (26.5.2014) by virtue of The Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/111), regs. 1(1), 3(a)

F2 Words in reg. 2 substituted: (E.) (1.7.2020) by The Vegetable Plant Material and Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/579), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a); and (W.) (10.7.2020) by The Vegetable Plant Material and Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/601), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)

F3 Words in reg. 2 substituted (E.) (1.7.2020) by The Vegetable Plant Material and Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/579), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b); and (W.) (10.7.2020) by The Vegetable Plant Material and Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/601), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)

F4 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted: (E.) (31.3.2014) by The Seeds and Vegetable Plant Material (Nomenclature Changes) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/487), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b); and (W.) (31.3.2014) by The Seeds and Vegetable Plant Material (Nomenclature Changes) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/519), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b); and (S.) (26.5.2014) by The Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/111), regs. 1(1), 3(b)

F5 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted: (E.) (24.7.2020) by The Marketing of Seed, Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/682), regs. 1(1), 2(2); and (W.) (29.8.2020) by The Marketing of Seed, Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/833), regs. 1, 2(2)

F6 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (S.) (14.12.2019) by The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/421), reg. 1(1), sch. 5 para. 1(2)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 1.12.1995, see reg. 1(1)