# The Plant Health (Sweet Chestnut Blight) (England) Order 2017, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In this Order—
“the 2005 Order” means the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005;
“the 2015 Order” means the Plant Health (England) Order 2015;
“competent authorities” means the Secretary of State and the Forestry Commissioners;
“inspector” means any person authorised—
(a) by the Secretary of State to be an inspector for the purposes of the 2015 Order;
(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—
(a) any plants for planting, other than seeds;
(b) any trees, other than fruit, seeds, leaves or foliage; or
(c) any wood or isolated bark;
“sweet chestnut blight” means the fungal disease caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr or that fungus.
(2) 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;
“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—
(a) retains part or all of its natural round surface (with or without bark); or
(b) is in the form of chips, waste wood, logs, billets, twigs, faggots or other similar forms.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/178/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-sweet-chestnut-blight-england-order-2017/article-2
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