S.L. 447.2 Art. 2Interpretation.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires and without prejuduce to sub-regulation (2):

"Director" means the Director of Agriculture and includes, to the extent of the authority given, any person or authority authorised by him to act in that behalf for the purposes of these regulations; "environmental pressure" means something that could affect the health or life of an animal, plant or ecological system in general including air, land and water;

"member" means a local person who together with other local persons, forms, creates or joins a producer organisation;

"person" includes a physical or legal person, whether such persons is a local producer, a co-operative or a company which is/ are involved in local agriculture produce; "producer" means any local producer who is involved in the trade of tilling land or tending livestock; "producer organisation" means an organisation, recognised by the Director, being a voluntary legally constituted body of local producers of local particular products or persons engaged in the agriculture industries, acting together to produc harvest, store, package or market their products; "product" means the type of local agricultural produce of the following sectors: Potatoes, Pig meat, Milk, Poultry, Traditional Cheeselets made from sheep and, or goats, Honey, Rabbit meat and "production" shall be construed accordingly.

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, words and phrases used in these regulations shall have the same meaning as is assigned to them in article 2 of the Producer Organisations Act.

*These Regulations have been transposed to Cap 639, see S.L. 639.07. - See Act XXXIII of 2023. Part II Establishment and Recognition of Producer Organisations