2. Interpretation
In this Act and the regulations made hereunder, unless the context otherwise requires—
“affected” means damaged by windstorm;
“appropriate insurance year” means the insurance year calculated by reference to a windstorm;
“appropriate tribunal” means any tribunal established under section 13 having the powers conferred by and performing the duties imposed under section 14 in relation to any application for the review of any assessment of the average percentage loss suffered on an affected holding in any area;
“area” means any area defined by the Authority under section 10;
“assessment” means any assessment made by the Authority under section 10;
“assured” means a grower who has entered into a contract of insurance with the Authority;
“bananas” means bananas of the varieties of or known as robusta, puerto rique, poyo, lacatan and such other varieties as may be prescribed;
“cess” means the cess imposed under section 18;
“excess percentage” means in relation to any affected holding, the percentage of loss of ratoon mats suffered by that holding in excess of the minimum statutory percentage;
“Fund” means the Banana Insurance Fund established under section 15;
“grower” means the person for the time being in possession or control of a holding;
“holding” means any parcel of land on which bananas are grown for export and is registered as a holding under section 4;
“insurance year” means the first period of 12 months of the 15 months immediately preceding the month in which the windstorm occurred;
“local authority” means the Saint Lucia Banana Growers Association established under the provisions of section 4 of the Saint Lucia Banana Growers Association Act 1967;
“loss” means, in relation to any mat, such damage to that mat occasioned by windstorm as has rendered any plant in that mat incapable of producing at maturity, fruit of merchantable quality;
“mat” means one or more banana plants complete with rhizome and pseudostem which have developed from the planting of one rhizome in a holding;
“member associations” means the Grenada Banana Co-operative Society, the Saint Vincent Banana Growers Association, and the Saint Lucia Banana Growers Association Limited;
“minimum statutory percentage” means 20% of the ratoon mats in a holding or such other percentage as may be prescribed;
“plant mat” means a mat from which no bunch of bananas has yet been harvested;
“policy year” means the period commencing on 1 July in any year and ending on 30 June in the following year or such other period as may be prescribed;
“qualified person” means a person who is qualified under section 6 to receive statutory benefit;
“ratoon mat” means a mat from which one or more bunches of bananas have been harvested;
“section” means section of this Act;
“territories” means the islands of Grenada, Saint Vincent, Saint Lucia and Dominica and their dependencies, and “territory” shall be construed accordingly;
“windstorm” means any hurricane, tornado, cyclone, whirlwind, gale or atmospheric disturbance, whether similar to the foregoing or not, which the Authority is satisfied is likely to have caused loss to any holding.