Title, extent, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Potatoes (Prohibition on Landing) (Great Britain) Order 1987, shall apply to Great Britain and shall come into force on 6th February 1987.

(2) In this Order “potato” means any plant or any part of a plant, including tubers and true seed, of Solanum tuberosum L. or other tuber-forming species or hybrids of the genusSolanum L.