{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treatment-of-spruce-bark-order-1993/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treatment-of-spruce-bark-order-1993/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1282",
  "legislation_title": "The Treatment of Spruce Bark Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treatment-of-spruce-bark-order-1993",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Commissioners” means the Forestry Commissioners;\n“designated place” means a place designated by the Commissioners for the treatment or destruction of spruce bark;\n“inspector” means any person authorised by the Commissioners to be an inspector for the purposes of this Order;\n“premises” includes any land, building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or freight container;\n“spruce bark” means the bark of a tree of the genusPicea;\n“tree” includes a felled or fallen tree;\n“treatment” means fumigation or other appropriate treatment against the tree pestDendroctonus micansKugelann (the Great Spruce Bark Beetle), approved by the Commissioners or an inspector, and “treated” shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1282/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:56:38.603528+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."
}