In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:--
(a) "authorised packer" means a person holding a certificate of authorisation issued under subrule (1) of rule 3 of the General Grading and Marking Rules 1937; (m) "pulled wool", in relation to any grade designation of wool, means wool which has been removed from the pelts slaughtered sheep by pulling out the fibers with or without the aid of salt or depilatory solutions;
(b) "carded", in relation to any grade designation of wool, means wool which has been subjected to the process of carding for eliminating burrs or sticks; (n) "Schedule", means a schedule appended to these rules; (c) "carded wool" means wool containing an admixture of more than 25 per cent of any wool which is carded; (o) "Scoured wool", means wool which has been subjected to mechanical scouring with a detergent in a scouring plant; (cc) "Certificate of Authorisation" means the Certificate of Authorisation issued under rule 3 of the General Grading & Marking rules, 1937. (p) "South Indian tannery and Aden type wool" means wool removed from the pelts of unimproved mutton breed of sheep from the States of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mysore and Tamilnadu and from the country Aden, by pulling out fibbers from skins which have been pasted with or soaked in a depilatory solution of slaked lime;
(d) "Clipped", in relation to any grade designation of wool, means wool obtained from the body of sheep by shearing with a pair of hand shears or a shearing machine;
(d) "count" means number given to wool indicating its fineness and spin ability.
(q) "tannery wool (limed)" means wool removed from the pelts of slaughtered sheep with the aid of slaked lime as a depilatory;
(e) "ginned", in relation to any grade designation of wool, means short wool fibers recovered from burrs (Scissor out from burry raw wool) by passing them through a ginning machine; (r) "diameter/fineness" means fibre width or mean fibre diameter as prescribed in Schedule VI-A. (f) "hill (pahari) wool" means wool known in the trade as pahari wool; 3. Grade designations. --- The grade designations to indicate the characteristics and quality of wool of specified trade descriptions shall be those set out in column 1 of Schedules I to VI-A.
(g) "hill (pahari) wool (clipped)" means such wool obtained by clipping from living sheep;
(h) "hill (pahari) wool (pulled)" means such wool obtained from the pelts of slaughtered sheep by pulling out the fibers either with or without the aid of salt or depilatory solutions;