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Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 4th September, 2015, pp. 3465-3466 and 3474. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH. FRUIT NURSERIES REGISTRATION 3 AND REGULATION ACT, 2015 (h) “fruit nursery” means bud wood bank or propagation unit or tissue culture unit where plants are regularly propagated and sold for transplantation; (i) “inspecting officer” means any officer authorized by the Director of Horticulture, Himachal Pradesh for the purpose of inspection of fruit nurseries; (j) “notification” means a notification issued by the State Government and published in the Official Gazette; (k) “nurseryman” means any individual or agency engaged in the production and saleof plant material from the fruit nursery; (l) “Official Gazette” means the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh; (m) “plant material” or “propagule” means any propagation material used in raisingthe plant and includes bud wood or scions, rootstocks, cuttings and seed etc.; (n) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (o) “rootstock” means the horticulture plant or part thereof on which any horticulture plant has been budded or grafted; (p) “scion” or “bud wood” means the part of the plant which is used for grafting or budding a rootstock or a tree; (q) “State Government” means the Government of Himachal Pradesh; and (r) “tissueculture” means propagation of identical clones from plant parts under aseptic conditions on culture medium in the laboratory.