Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “the 1993 Order” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph (2);

• “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

• “originating in Germany” means grown and harvested after 2000 in Germany;

• “Germany” means the Federal Republic of Germany;

• “processing” means any industrial treatment, including grading, sorting, washing and packing, whether for sale or not;

• “public authority” means a department of the Government of the United Kingdom or of the Scottish or Welsh administration.

Other expressions have the same meaning as in the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993^f1 (“the 1993 Order”).