1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“causal organism” means a bacterium, fungus, insect, mycoplasm, nematode, vector, viroid, virus, weed or other organism, disease or disease-inciting agent that causes or is capable of causing injury or damage to a plant and that is designated as a causal organism by regulation. (organisme causal)
“container” means any barrel, bag, bin, crate, carton, package or other container used for storing, containing or transporting plants. (récipient)
“equipment” means any machinery, implement or other equipment used or intended to be used for handling a plant. (équipement)
“expenses” includes losses, damages, disbursements, costs, fees and charges. (dépenses)
“handle” means to plant, grow, cultivate, rogue, treat, quarantine, harvest, load, transport, unload, store, hold, possess, contain, package, process, bring into the Province, disperse, distribute, sell, supply, offer to sell or supply, use or have care or control of, as the case may be. (manipuler)
“infested” means, with reference to any place, container, vehicle, equipment, plant, substance, object or thing, bearing a pest internally or externally, or being or having been exposed to a pest to the extent that, in the opinion of the Minister or an inspector, the place, container, vehicle, equipment, plant, substance, object or thing bears the pest internally or externally. (infesté)
“insect” means an insect that is designated as an insect by regulation. (insecte)
“inspector” means a person designated as an inspector under section 3. (inspecteur)
“Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf. (ministre)
“peace officer” means a peace officer as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act. (agent de la paix)
“pest” means a causal organism, insect, plant disease or weed. (parasite)
“place” includes any area, land, premises, structure or building of any description and any portion of them, other than all or any portion of a building used solely as a dwelling place. (lieu)
“plant” means any bulb, corm, seedling, shrub, tree, tuber, rhizome, root, vine or the fruit, seed or any other part of any of them and includes plant matter and cull plants. (plante)
“plant disease” means any disease of or injury to a plant that is caused, directly or indirectly, by any bacterium, fungus, insect, mycoplasm, nematode, vector, viroid, virus, weed or other organism, and that is designated as a plant disease by regulation. (maladie des plantes)
“treat” means to control, destroy, dispose of, eradicate, relocate or otherwise modify a pest or to clean, bury, control, destroy, disinfect, dispose of, eradicate, relocate or otherwise modify any place, container, vehicle, equipment, plant, substance, object or thing, as the case may be, for the purpose of controlling, destroying, disposing of or eradicating a pest or for the purpose of ensuring that this Act or the regulations are complied with. (traiter)
“type” means a genus, species, variety or class of plant. (type)
“vehicle” means a motor vehicle, cart, wagon, trailer or other means of conveyance and includes a vessel or a railway car and any load carried on, in or by or towed by any of them. (véhicule)
“weed” means any weed or the seed of any weed that is designated as a weed by regulation. (mauvaise herbe)
1998, c.P-9.01, s.1; 2000, c.26, s.239; 2007, c.10, s.74; 2010, c.31, s.104; 2017, c.63, s.45; 2019, c.2, s.106