{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-and-export-plant-health-fees-scotland-order-1987/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-and-export-plant-health-fees-scotland-order-1987/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/880",
  "legislation_title": "The Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (Scotland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-and-export-plant-health-fees-scotland-order-1987",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order–\n“certificate” means a phytosanitary certificate;\n“import licence” means a licence issued by the Secretary of State under article 17 of the Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) Order 1980;\n“official label” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Seed Potatoes Regulations 1984;\n“phytosanitary certificate” means a phytosanitary certificate issued by an inspector or other officer of the Secretary of State under article 9 of the Import and Export (Plant Health) (Great Britain) Order 1980;\n“premises” includes any land, building, vessel, vehicle, aircraft, hovercraft or freight container;\n“small consignment” means one package of a size and weight such that it is capable of being sent by post;\n“soil” includes any medium used for the growing of plant material and “soil sample” shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) Where a fee prescribed in this Order is prescribed in relation to an inspection, examination or test as well as the issue of a certificate, the refusal to issue a certificate by reason of the results of the inspection, examination or test being unsatisfactory, shall not affect the amount of the fee otherwise payable.\n(3) Any reference in this Order to a numbered article or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980/420; article 17 was amended by S.I. 1985/873, 1986/1135."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1984/412, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/880/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:26:33.861563+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}