In this Act —
(a) "Appellate Authority" means the authority appointed by the State Government by notification to hear appeals under this Act ;
(b) "fruit nursery" means any place where fruit plants are in the regular course of business, propagated and sold for transplantation, but does not include —
(i) a fruit nursery having an area less than 0.2 hectare ;
(ii) fruit nursery belonging to or managed by the Government ;
(c) "fruit plant" means any plant, which can produce edible fruits or nuts, and includes budwood, seedlings, grafts, layers, goatee, seeds, bulbs, suckers, rhizomes and cuttings of any such plant ;
(d) "license" means a license under this Act ;
(e) "licensee" means any person holding a license for the time being in force ;
(f) "Licensing Authority" means the Director of Horticulture and Fruit Utilization, Uttar Pradesh and includes any other officer not below the rank of a District horticulture Officer empowered by the Director in this behalf, to exercise some or all of the powers of the Licensing Authority under this Act ;
(g) "owner", in relation to a fruit nursery, means the person who, or the authority which, has the ultimate control over the affairs of such fruit nursery, and includes a manager, managing director, managing agent, or any other person incharge of such fruit nursery ;
(h) "rootstock" means a fruit plant or part thereof on which any portion of a fruit plant has been grafted or budded ;
(i) "scion" means a portion of a fruit plant which is grafted or budded on to a rootstock.