(1) This Act may be called the Uttarakhand Fruit Nurseries (Regulation) Act, 2019.
(2) It extends to the whole State of Uttarakhand.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint Definitions 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: -
(a) “Appellate Authority” means Secretary, Horticulture Uttarakhand authorized by the State Government or any officer nominated by him, who is not below the rank of additional secretary to hear Appeals under this Act;
(b) “Competent Authority” means an officer appointed/ nominated by the State Government under this Act to perform the desired works, by notification in the Official Gazette;
(c) “Director” means the Director, Horticulture & Food Processing, Uttarakhand;
(d) “Fruit Nursery” means a place where propagation, management and sale of fruit plant are done in the regular course of business and It also includes Commercial Tissue Culture unit/lab. and nurseries managed by the Government;
(e) “Fruit plant” means any plant, which can produce edible fruits or nuts and includes gootee, seedlings, grafts, suckers, layers, bulbs, rhizomes and scion of any such plant;
(f) “Inspection Officer” means Technical officer of the department, who is not below the rank of Group-I officer;
(g) “Licence” means licence granted by licensing authority under this Act;
(h) “Licence holder” means any person holding a licence for the time being;
(i) “Licensing Authority” means the Director of horticulture and food processing, Chaubattia, Ranikhet;
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(j) “Nursery 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 it also includes a manager, managing director, managing agent, any other person incharge of such fruit nursery or the controlling authority( A.D.O./ Superintendent/Nursery Development Officer/ District/ Chief Horticulture Officer/ or Nursery incharge) of a Government nursery;
(k) “Prescribed” means prescribed by the rules framed under this Act;
(l) “Root stock” means a fruit plants or part thereof on which any portion of a high quality fruit plant has been grafted or budded;
(m ) “Scion”/“bud wood” means a portion of a fruit plant which is grafted or budded on to a rootstock;
(n) “State Government” means the Government of the State of Uttarakhand;
Licence of Fruit Nursery