Section 24 Interpretation of Part III.

In this Part of this Act—

• “authorised officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 13(1) of this Act;

• F1“Community grading rules”means any directly applicable Community provisions establishing standards of quality for fresh horticultural produce.

• “container” includes any basket, pail, tray, package or receptacle of any kind, whether open or closed;

• “fresh horticultural produce” means—

  1. (a)

     fruit, vegetables, herbs, nuts and edible fungi, whether freshly-gathered or stored or taken from store, but not including maincrop potatoes or hops or any dried, frozen, bottled, canned or preserved produce;

  2. (b)

     cut flowers and decorative foliage.

  3. (c)

     pot plants, bedding plants and herbaceous plants;

  4. (d)

     shrubs and flowering trees;

  5. (e)

     fruit trees, fruit bushes and fruit plants; and

  6. (f)

     bulbs, corms and tubers;

• “label” includes any device for conveying information by written characters or other symbols, and any characters or symbols stamped or otherwise placed directly on to any produce or container, and references to the affixing of a label shall be construed accordingly;

• “prescribed grade”, in relation to regulated produce of any description, means a grade of quality designated and defined in relation to produce of that description under section 11(1) of this Act;

• “regulated produce” has the meaning assigned to it by section 12(1) of this Act.