InterpretationU.K.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“authority” means an authority to issue plant passports under article 28 of the Order;
“consignment” has the meaning given by Article 2(1)(p) of the Directive;
“the Directive” means Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community(1) as amended by amendments up to and including those effected by Commission Directive 2006/35/EC(2);
“documentary check” has the meaning given by Article 13a(1)(b)(i) of the Directive;
“licence” means a licence to carry out any activity to which article 38 of the Order applies;
“the Order” means the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005(3);
“plant passport” means a label and, where appropriate, an accompanying document that meets the relevant requirements set out in Schedule 9 to the Order, issued by or with the authority of the Forestry Commissioners, and includes a replacement plant passport;
“remedial notice” means a notice served under articles 31(1) or (4) or 33(3) of the Order; and
“remedial work” means any steps taken by a person for the purposes of complying with a remedial notice or by an inspector under article 32(1) of the Order.
(2) Words and expressions which are not defined in these Regulations and which appear in the Order have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the Order.