Interpretation

2.  In this Order –

“European Community” has the same meaning as in Article 3(1) of the principal Order;

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

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

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

“Phytophthora ramorum” refers to 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 11 to the principal Order and issued in compliance with Articles 13(4) to (7) and 14 thereof;

“place of production” has the same meaning as in Article 3(1) of the principal Order;

“plant” has the same meaning as in Article 3(1) of the principal Order, save that fruit in the botanical sense and seeds are excluded;

“plant passport” has the same meaning as in Article 3(1) of the principal Order;

“plant product” has the same meaning as in Article 3(1) of the principal Order;

“the principal Order” means The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993(1);

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

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

“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.