Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “the 2005 Order” means the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005^f1;

• “the 2015 Order” means the Plant Health (England) Order 2015^f2;

• “competent authorities” means the Secretary of State and the Forestry Commissioners;

• “inspector” means any person authorised—

  1. (a)

     by the Secretary of State to be an inspector for the purposes of the 2015 Order;

  2. (b)

     by the Forestry Commissioners to be an inspector for the purposes of the 2005 Order;

• “premises” has the same meaning as in the 2005 Order and the 2015 Order;

• “susceptible material” means—

  1. (a)

     any plants for planting, other than seeds;

  2. (b)

     any trees, other than fruit, seeds, leaves or foliage; or

  3. (c)

     any wood or isolated bark;

• “sweet chestnut blight” means the fungal disease caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr or that fungus.

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

• “isolated bark” has the same meaning as in the 2005 Order;

• “plant” has the same meaning as in the 2015 Order;

• “planting” has the same meaning as in Article 2(1)(c) of Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community^f3;

• “tree” has the same meaning as in the 2005 Order;

• “wood” means any wood, other than in the form of wood packaging material or dunnage, which—

  1. (a)

     retains part or all of its natural round surface (with or without bark); or

  2. (b)

     is in the form of chips, waste wood, logs, billets, twigs, faggots or other similar forms.