Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “bananas” means the fruit which falls within category 0803 0010 of the combined nomenclature subheadings of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87^f1 as amended^f2 but does not include plantains, apple bananas or red macabu bananas;

• “consignment document” means a document in the form set out in Schedule 1 relating to a specific quantity of dollar bananas;

• “dollar bananas” means bananas which originate in any country listed in Schedule 2;

• “import licence” means a licence which relates to the import of dollar bananas issued by the Secretary of State under Article 2 of the Import of Goods (Control) Order 1954^f3;

• “ripening premises” means premises used for the commercial ripening of bananas.

In these Regulations any reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall be a reference to the regulation or Schedule so numbered in these Regulations.