{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/soft-fruit-plants-scotland-order-1991/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/soft-fruit-plants-scotland-order-1991/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1905",
  "legislation_title": "The Soft Fruit Plants (Scotland) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/soft-fruit-plants-scotland-order-1991",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“agricultural unit” shall have the meaning assigned to that expression in section 86(2) of the Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948();\n“approved stock” means any stock which has been approved by the Secretary of State other than certified stock;\n“blackcurrant bush” includes cuttings or any part of a blackcurrant bush for planting;\n“certificate” means a certificate issued by or on behalf of the Secretary of State under article 4 of this Order in accordance with the requirements of Schedules 1 to 3 to this Order stating, in respect of the plants to which it relates, the particulars specified in Schedule 4 to this Order;\n“certified stock” means–\n(a) in relation to stock produced in Scotland, any plants which are the subject of a certificate issued in accordance with the requirements of Schedules 1 to 3 to this Order; and\n(b) in relation to stock produced outside Scotland, any plants which are the subject of a certificate issued by the authority concerned with the certification of plants in the country or place where the plants were produced;\n“inspector” means an officer authorised by the Secretary of State for Scotland;\n“plant” means a strawberry plant, a raspberry plant or a blackcurrant bush;\n“raspberry” includes Rubus hybrids;\n“sale” includes possession with a view to sale, offer for sale, exposure for sale and sale of a plant and any agreement between parties–\n(a) under which the property in a plant is transferred from one person to another; or\n(b) under which a plant is made over by one person to another in pursuance of a contract under which the plant will be used for producing further plants,\nand “sell” and “sold” shall be construed accordingly;\n“strawberry plant” includes runners or any other parts of a strawberry plant for planting but does not include the plant commonly known as “alpine strawberry” or any part of such plant;\n“raspberry plant” includes a rooted cane and any other part of a raspberry plant for planting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1948 c. 45."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1905/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:39:06.837998+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."
}