S.L. 433.31 Art. 3Definitions.

For the purpose of these regulations, the following definitions shall apply:

"the Act" means the Plant Quarantine Act;

"the Directorate" means the Directorate or Department responsible for plant health and which is the national responsible official body for the scope of these regulations;

"the Director" means the Director responsible for the Directorate;

"lot" means a number of units of a single commodity, identifiable by its homogeneity of composition and origin; "marketing" refers to the sale or delivery by a supplier to another person;

"sale" includes holding available or in stock, display with a view to sale or offering for sale;

"propagation" means reproduction by vegetative or other means;

"propagation material" refers to plant material intended for:

(a) the propagation of ornamental plants; or

(b) the production of ornamental plants however, in the case of production from whole plants, this definition applies only to the extent that the resulting ornamental plant is intended for further marketing;

"regulated non-quarantine pests", hereafter referred to as "RNQPs", means a pest that fulfils all the conditions set out under Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and is included in the list of Union regulated non-quarantine pests under Annex IV of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/ 2031 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019;

"supplier" means any natural or legal person engaged professionally in the marketing or importation from third countries of propagation material.