# The Plant Health (Potatoes) (Scotland) Order 2006, Article 2: Interpretation

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(1) In this Order–
“affected crop” means a notifiable crop where the number of growing plants affected by an aphid-borne virus is likely to exceed 4% of the total number of growing plants in the crop;
“affected waste potato material” means waste potato material affected by potato blight;
“aphid” means an insect from the family Aphididae;
“crop origin” means the country of origin and crop identification number of the crop of seed potatoes or crop identification number of the crop of seed potatoes from which the potatoes derived;
“inspector” means a plant health inspector for the purposes of the Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2019;
“notifiable crop” means a single crop of potatoes planted over an area of 0.1 hectare or more;
“potato” means any tuber or part thereof or any plant or part thereof of Solanum tuberosum L. or other tuber-forming species or hybrids of Solanum L.;
“potato blight” means Phytophthora infestans L.;
“potato grower” means any person who plants or intends to plant a notifiable crop;
“premises” includes any land, building, vehicle, vessel or container;
“waste potato material” means any part of a potato plant including tubers or part thereof or the haulm which has been discarded.
(2) In this Order–
(a) any reference to a numbered article is a reference to the article in this Order so numbered; and
(b) any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the article or in which that reference occurs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/319/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-potatoes-scotland-order-2006/article-2
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