Plant Protection and Quarantine Act｜第 3 條｜動植物防檢疫｜Act｜In Force
第 一 章｜農業部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2018-06-20
The terms as used in this Act are defined as follows: 1. "Plants" mean the seed plants, ferns, mosses, liverworts and useful fungi, and the portion thereof which may be propagated or cultivated. 2. "Plant products" mean the seeds or their embryos, bulbs, rhizomes, tubers, fresh fruits, nuts, dry fruits, vegetables, fresh flowers, dry flowers, grains, fresh medicinal herbs, lumbers or woods, organic media, and fertilizers originating from plants, whether processed or not, which are likely to spread plant diseases and pests. 3. "Pests" mean the fungi, slime molds, bacteria, viruses, viroids, phytoplasmas, parasitic plants, weeds, nematodes, insects, acarines, mollusks, other invertebrate animals, vertebrates animals, and any pathogenic agent that is directly or indirectly harmful to plants. It also denotes invasive plants that are likely to result in damages to the ecosystem. 4. "Plant disease and pest damages" mean the harm and losses caused by pests to plants. 5. "Susceptible plants" mean host plants which are easily infested with specific plant diseases and pests. 6. "Cultivation media" mean the soil, peat, and other natural or artificial media to which plants are attached or fixed to sustain plant growth and development.