In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act, shall have that meaning, and—

"assignee"

means a person, undertaking body, institution, association or board designated as such under section 2(3) of the Act;

"Departmental laboratory"

means an official laboratory of the Department that uses recognised methods of analysis to establish compliance of products;

"Department"

means the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries;

"Executive Officer"

means the officer designated under section 2(1) of the Act; and

"the Act"

means the Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990).