S.L. 117.42 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 117.    Cap. 460.

(1) For the purposes of these regulations, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions shall apply:

"Act" means the Supplies and Services Act;

"agricultural and food products" means products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Function of the European Union, as well as products not listed in that Annex, but processed for use as food using products listed in that Annex;

"Board" means the board established according to regulation 3;

"buyer" means any natural or legal person, irrespective of that person's place of establishment, or any public authority in the European

Union as defined under the European Union Act, who buys agricultural and food products and the definition "buyer" may include a group of such natural and legal persons;

"Directive" means the Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain, as may be in force from time to time;

"perishable agricultural and food products" means agricultural and food products that by their nature or at their stage of processing are liable to become unfit for sale within thirty (30) days after harvest, production or processing;

"public authority" means national, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one (1) or more such authorities or one (1) or more such bodies governed by public law;

"recommendations" means suggestions issued by the Board to anyone concerned in an investigation, but said suggestions shall not include any order or obligation;

"Sectoral authorities" means the departments, or other public bodies, responsible for fisheries, aquaculture and agriculture;

"supplier" means any agricultural producer, fisherman or any natural or legal person, irrespective of their place of establishment, who sells agricultural and food products and the term ‘supplier’ may include a group of such agricultural producers, fishermen or a group of such natural and legal persons, such as producer organisations, organisations of suppliers and associations of such organisations.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in this regulation, the definitions of the Act and the Directive shall apply to these regulations:

Provided that should a definition be provided in the Directive, such definition shall prevail and apply accordingly for the purposes of these regulations.