2. Interpretation
In this Act—
“carrier” includes an aircraft, a vessel, or vehicle;
“designated officer” means an officer of the Ministry designated under section 15;
“fruits and vegetables” include all edible portions of food plants in the raw or unprocessed state;
“internal waters” means the internal waters of Saint Lucia as defined in the Maritime Areas Act;
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for Agriculture and “Ministry” shall be construed accordingly;
“notifiable pest” means any plant pest of substantial economic importance for which measures must be taken for its eradication, control or to prevent its further spread;
“occupier” in relation to any land or building means the person in actual occupation or, where there is no such person, the owner of the land or building;
“owner” includes the person who is entitled to receive the rent;
“plant pest” means any living stage of any insect, mite, nematode, slug, snail, protozoa or other invertebrate or vertebrate animal, bacterium, fungus, weed, parasitic plant or reproductive part thereof, viruses, mycoplasms, or any organism similar or allied with any of the foregoing capable of causing damage to any plant or plant product;
“plant product” means any substance, material or article of vegetable origin, including pollen either processed or unprocessed, which is capable of harbouring or transporting plant pests;
“plant protection services” means those services established under section 15;
“plant quarantine services” means those services established under section 15;
“planting material” includes any tree, shrub, vine, cutting, graft, scion, bud, bulb, root, seed, and any other plant part capable of propagation;
“receptacle” includes any package, box, container, covering, wrapper or any article in which plants are or have been imported, kept or conveyed, or which is used to transport plant pests;
“soil” means the loose surface material of the earth in which plants grow, in most cases consisting of disintegrated rock with an admixture of organic material and soluble salts.