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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “appellate authority” means Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department or any officer nominated by him, not below the rank of Special Secretary; (b) “competent authority” means competent authority appointed under section 3; (c) “export” means taking out the horticulture plant or plant material out of the State or out of India by land, sea or air; (d) “fruit plant” means any plant which can produce edible fruits or nuts and includes budwood, seedlings, grafts, seeds and cuttings of such plant; (e) “Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana in the administrative department; (f) “horticulture nursery” means any place where horticulture plant and plant material are sold for transplantation, in the regular course of business; (g) “horticulture plant” means a plant belonging to any of the category of fruits, vegetables, tubers, spices, condiments, flowers, ornamental, medicinal and aromatic crops or such other plant, as the Government may, by notification declare to be a horticulture plant; (h) “import” means bringing the horticulture plant or plant material from outside the State or from other countries for further propagation; (i) “inspecting officer” means an officer of the Horticulture Department authorized by the competent authority for inspection of horticulture nursery; (j) ‘kind’ means one or more related species or sub-species of crop plant each individually or collectively known by one common name such as mango, tomato, rose, coconut etc.; (k) “ornamental plant” means a plant cultivated for decorative purposes, enhancing the aesthetic appeal of gardens, landscape and indoor spaces; (l) “owner” means a person who owns or has control over the affairs of a horticulture nursery and includes the person designated to be the incharge of the horticulture nursery owned by the State Government/Central Government/ board/ corporation/ autonomous bodies; Definitions. HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), APR. 28, 2025 (VYSK. 8, 1947 SAKA) 94 (m) “plant material” means any horticulture plant or propagation material including budwood, scion, rootstock, seeds, cuttings, rhizomes, bulbs, suckers, runners, used in raising the horticulture plant; (n) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made under this Act; (o) “private sector varieties” means and includes plant varieties developed, maintained and marketed by private seed companies; (p) “public sector varieties” means and includes plant varieties developed, maintained and distributed for public benefit at affordable prices by government institutions such as State Horticultural Universities/ State Agricultural Universities/ Indian Council of Agricultural Research; (q) “rootstock” means a horticulture plant or part thereof on which any horticulture plant has been grafted or budded; (r) “scion” means a part of horticulture plant which is grafted or budded on to a rootstock; (s) “State” means the State of Haryana; (t) “State Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana; (u) “unknown pedigree” means and includes plant variety whose ancestry, genetic lineage or parentage is not documented, traced or officially recorded; (v) “variety” means a sub-division of a kind identifiable by growth, yield, plant, fruit, seed or other characteristics. Appointment of competent authority.