{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-phytophthora-ramorum-great-britain-no-2-order-2002/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2589",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Forestry) (\"Phytophthora ramorum\") (Great Britain) (No. 2) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-phytophthora-ramorum-great-britain-no-2-order-2002",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n(a)\n“inspector” means any person authorised to be an inspector for the purposes of the principal Order;\n“origin” means in respect of susceptible material, the place where the material is grown or produced, and “originating” shall be construed accordingly;\n“other susceptible plant material” means plants of:\nArbutus menziesii Pursh.\nArctostaphylos spp. Adans\nHeteromeles arbutifolia (Lindley) M. Roemer\nLonicera hispidula (Lindl.) Dougl. ex Torr. & Gray\nRhamnus californica Esch.\nRhododendron spp. L., other than Rhododendron simsii Planch.\nUmbellularia californica (Hook & Arn) Nutt.\nVaccinium ovatum Pursh.\nViburnum spp. L.\n“Phytophthora ramorum” refers to the pest Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in `t Veld sp. nov;\n“the principal Order” means the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993;\n“susceptible bark” means isolated bark of Acer macrophyllum Pursh., Aesculus californica Nutt., Lithocarpus densiflorus (H & A) and Quercus suber;\n“susceptible material” means susceptible bark, susceptible trees and susceptible wood;\n“susceptible tree” means a tree described in the first column of the Schedule, but excludes the fruit or seed of such a tree;\n“susceptible wood” means the wood described in the first column of the Schedule; and\n(b) the following words have the meaning given them in the principal Order—\nCustoms Act\nforestry trader\nGreat Britain\ngrowing medium\nisolated bark\nland, landed and landing\nphytosanitary certificate\nplant passport\nreforwarding phytosanitary certificate\nseed\nsoil\nthird country\ntree\ntree in tissue culture\nwood.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/1283, amended by S.I. 1994/3094, 1995/1989, 1996/751, 1998/2206 and 3109, 2001/2995, 2002/295 and 927."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2589/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:48:16.411085+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."
}