# The Hemp (Third Country Imports) Regulations 2002, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“applicant” means any person who has made an application for—
(a) a licence; or
(b) an authorisation;
“the appropriate authority” means, in respect of an import of hemp from a third country into—
(a) England, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;
(b) Wales, the National Assembly for Wales;
(c) Scotland, the Scottish Ministers; and
(d) Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
“attestation” means the attestation made in relation to the use of hemp seeds other than for sowing following their import from a third country pursuant to the second sub-paragraph of Article 17a(2) of Commission Regulation 245/2001;
“authorisation” means an authorisation granted by the appropriate authority pursuant to the third indent of the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Council Regulation 1673/2000 to import from third countries hemp seeds other than for sowing;
“authorised importer” means any person to whom an authorisation has been granted;
“authorised person” means—
(a) a person (whether or not an officer of the appropriate authority) who is authorised by the appropriate authority, either generally or specifically, to act in matters arising under these Regulations; or
(b) an officer of Customs and Excise;
“Commission Regulation 245/2001” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 245/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre (as amended by Commission Regulation 1093/2001 and Commission Regulation 52/2002);
“Commission Regulation 1093/2001” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1093/2001 amending Regulation (EC) No. 245/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre ;
“Commission Regulation 52/2002” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 52/2002 amending Regulation (EC) No. 245/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre ;
“Council Regulation 1673/2000” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre ;
“Council Regulation 1251/1999” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops ;
“electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000 ;
“hemp” means one or more of the following—
(a) true hemp;
(b) hemp seeds for sowing;
(c) hemp seeds other than for sowing;
“hemp seeds for sowing” means seeds of varieties within the terms of the second indent of the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Council Regulation 1673/2000;
“hemp seeds other than for sowing” means seeds within the terms of the third indent of the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Council Regulation 1673/2000;
“import”, when used as a noun, means an import into that part of the United Kingdom for which the appropriate authority concerned has responsibility under these Regulations;
“licence” means a licence to import hemp from one or more third countries granted by the appropriate authority pursuant to the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Council Regulation 1673/2000;
“licensed importer” means any person to whom a licence has been granted;
“relevant consignment documentation” means—
(a) a licence permitting the import of the consignment in question by the importer concerned, or a copy of that licence; and
(b) in the case of an import of hemp seeds other than for sowing, the authorisation granted to that importer, or a copy of that authorisation.
“subsequent user” means—
(a) any person who uses imported hemp seeds other than for sowing in any of the operations specified in the second sub-paragraph of Article 17a(2) of Commission Regulation 245/2001; or
(b) any person taking delivery of hemp seeds other than for sowing from—
(i) an authorised importer; or
(ii) any other person.
“THC content” means the tetrahydrocannabinol content of hemp, based on quantitative determination by gas chromatography after extraction with a suitable solvent;
“third country” means a country other than a Member State of the European Community; and
“true hemp” means harvested plant material of the speciesCannabis sativa L. within the terms of the first indent of the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Council Regulation 1673/2000, whether or not the leaves and seeds have been removed, which is either—
(a) raw; or
(b) retted,
and “retted” means a state where the fibres are still attached to the plant but have been loosened.
(2) Other expressions used in these Regulations have, in so far as the context admits, the same meanings as in Council Regulation 1673/2000, Commission Regulation 245/2001 and Commission Regulation 1093/2001.
(3) In these Regulations any reference to anything done in writing or produced in written form includes a reference to an electronic communication which has been recorded and is subsequently capable of being reproduced.
(4) In these Regulations any reference to a numbered regulation shall be construed as a reference to the regulation so numbered in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/787/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hemp-third-country-imports-regulations-2002/regulation-2
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