S.L. 433.33 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 433

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Plant Quarantine Act;

"the Commission" means the Commission of the European Union;

"the Directorate" means the Directorate or Department responsible for plant health;

"the Director" means the Director responsible for the Directorate;

"host plants" means plants for planting, other than seeds, belonging to the genera and species listed in the Commission database of host plants susceptible to Xylella fastidiosa in the Union territory, as having been found to be susceptible in the Union territory to the specified organism or, where a Member State has demarcated an area with regard to only one or more subspecies of the specified organism pursuant to the proviso to regulation 6(1), as having been found to be susceptible to that or those subspecies;

"the Minister" means the Minister responsible for agriculture;

"non-professional final user" means any person that does not qualify as a professional operator;

"professional operator" means any person involved professionally in one or more of the following activities concerning plants:

(a) planting;

(b) breeding;

(c) production, including growing, multiplying and maintaining;

(d) introduction into, and movement within, and out of the Union territory;

(e) making available on the market;

"the specified organism" means any subspecies of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.);

"specified plants" means host plants and all plants for planting, other than seeds, belonging to the genera or species included in the list of plants known to be susceptible to the European and non-European isolates of the pest as published in the Government Gazette and the Directorate’s website and which is updated accordingly from time to time;

"the Union" means the European Union.