The Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Interpretation

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(2) In these Regulations –

“the Decision” means Commission Decision 2004/4/EC authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt(2), which repeals Commission Decision 96/301/EC;

“inspector” means any person authorised to be an inspector for the purposes of the Order;

“ the Order” means the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993(3);

“phytosanitary certificate” has the same meaning as in Article 3(1) of the Order;

“potato” means any tuber or true seed or any other plant of Solanum tuberosum L. or other tuber-forming species or hybrid of the genus Solanum L.

(3) In these Regulations –

(a) expressions which are also used in the Order shall have the same meaning as in the Order;

(b) other expressions which are also used in the Decision shall have the same meaning as in the decision.

(1)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

(2)

O.J. No. L2, 6.1.04, p. 50

(3)

S.R. 1993 No. 256 as amended by S.R. 1994 No. 28, S.R. 1995 No. 164, No. 250 and No. 494, S.R.1996 No. 204 and No. 249, S.R. 1997 No. 110 and 397, S.R. 1998 No. 16, No. 146 and No. 315, S.R. 1999 No. 24, S.R. 2000 No. 126, S.R. 2001 No. 188 and No. 437, S.R. 2002 No. 273, S.R. 2003 No. 235 and No. 458