PART 1Introduction
Interpretation: general2.
(1)
In these Regulations—
“appropriate authority” (“awdurdod priodol”) means the Welsh Ministers, and is to be construed in accordance with regulation 6;
“commencement date” (“dyddiad cychwyn”) means the date on which these Regulations come into force;
“controlled consignment” (“llwyth a reolir”) means a consignment containing any plant, plant product or other object—
(a)
which may not be brought into the Union territory without a phytosanitary certificate for export or a phytosanitary certificate for re-export pursuant to—
- (i)
Article 72 or 74 of the EU Plant Health Regulation,
- (ii)
an EU emergency decision, or
- (iii)
any other EU plant health rule, other than Article 73 of the EU Plant Health Regulation, or
(b)
which was exported from the Union territory to a third country and is returning to the Union territory following the refusal by that third country to allow its entry into the country;
“controlled plant pest” (“pla planhigion a reolir”) means—
(a)
a plant pest of a description specified in Annex 2, 3 or 4 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation,
(b)
a plant pest of a description specified in an EU emergency decision, or
(c)
a plant pest subject to any other EU plant health rule;
“EU emergency decision” (“penderfyniad brys gan yr UE”) means an instrument referred to in regulation 3(1);
“EU plant health rule” (“un o reolau iechyd planhigion yr UE”) means a rule within the meaning given in Article 1(2)(g) of the Official Controls Regulation;
“plant health inspector” (“arolygydd iechyd planhigion”) means an official plant health officer appointed by the Welsh Ministers;
“plant pest” (“pla planhigion”) means a pest within the meaning given in Article 1(1) and (2) of the EU Plant Health Regulation;
“regulated item” (“eitem a reoleiddir”) means—
(a)
any plant, plant product or other object to which an EU plant health rule applies, other than any plant, plant product or other object which is part of a controlled consignment, or
(b)
a controlled plant pest;
(2)
Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions which are not defined in these Regulations and appear in the EU Plant Health Regulation or the Official Controls Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the EU Plant Health Regulation or the Official Controls Regulation (as the case may be).