# The Marketing of Ornamental Plant Material Regulations 1995, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Directive 93/49/EEC” means Commission Directive 93/49/EEC setting out the schedule indicating the conditions to be met by ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants pursuant to Council Directive 91/682/EEC;
“inspector” means any person authorised by the Minister to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations;
“marketing” means the delivery, offer for sale, exposure for sale, sale and possession with a view to sale of plant material, and “market” and “marketed” shall be construed accordingly;
“the Minister” means, as respects England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and, as respects Scotland or Wales, the Secretary of State;
“ornamental plant” means a plant, other than a pot plant, intended, after marketing, to be planted or replanted;
“plant material” means ornamental plants and seeds, parts of plants and all vegetative material intended for the propagation and production of ornamental plants;
“producer” means a supplier engaged in the production or reproduction of plant material;
“responsible official body” means, as respects England and Wales, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and, as respects Scotland, the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department;
“supplier” means any person professionally engaged in the production, reproduction, preservation, treatment or marketing of plant material.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or a numbered schedule is a reference to the regulation or schedule so numbered in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2651/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marketing-of-ornamental-plant-material-regulations-1995/regulation-2
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