In these Control Measures any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have that meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"authority"

means any officer of the Department Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development in the national, provincial or local sphere of government or any person authorized by the Department Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development;

"executive officer"

means an officer designated in terms of section 2 of the Agricultural Pests Act, 1983 (Act No.36 of 1983);

"official control"

means the active enforcement of mandatory phytosanitary regulations and the application of mandatory phytosanitary procedures with the objective of eradication or containment of quarantine pests or for the management of regulated non-quarantine pests;

"phytosanitary actions"

means an official operation, such as inspection, testing, surveillance or treatment, undertaken to implement phytosanitary measures;

"phytosanitary measure"

means any legislation, regulation or official procedure as provided for under this regulation having the purpose to prevent the introduction or spread of quarantine pests or to limit the economic impact of regulated non -quarantine pests;

"phytosanitary procedure"

means any official method for implementing phytosanitary measures including the performance of inspections, tests, surveillance or treatments in connection with regulated pests;

"phytosanitary regulation"

means an official rule to prevent the introduction or spread of quarantine pests, or to limit the economic impact of regulated nonquarantine pests, including establishment of procedures for phytosanitary certification;

"plant"

refers to any live or dead part of a plant and any derivation of a plant;

"quarantine area"

means an area within which a quarantine pest is present and is

being officially controlled;

"quarantine pest"

means a pest of potential economic importance to the area endangered thereby and not yet present there, or present but not widely distributed and being officially controlled;

"regulated article"

means any plant, plant product, storage place, packaging, conveyance, container, soil and any other organism, object or material capable of harbouring or spreading pests, deemed to require phytosanitary measures;

"regulated pest"

means a quarantine pest or a regulated non -quarantine pest;

"the Act"

means the Agricultural Pests Act, 1983 (Act No. 36 of 1983).