An Bord Bia (Amendment) Act 2004

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Amendment of section 2 (interpretation) of Principal Act.

11.—Section 2(1) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by substituting for the definition of “agricultural products” the following:

“‘agricultural products’ means meat, milk, eggs, cereals and other field crops, fish, poultry, rabbits, deer and horticultural produce;”;

(b) by inserting after the definition of “food” the following:

“‘horticulture’ means that branch of agriculture that relates to the cultivation of plants used for food or for the production of food or ornament, including the technical procedures necessary for the cultivation, production and preparation for market of—

(a) fruit, whether fresh or processed,

(b) vegetables, whether fresh or processed (including potatoes and seed potatoes),

(c) herbs, whether fresh or processed,

(d) edible fungi, whether fresh or processed,

(e) nuts, whether fresh or processed,

(f) cut flowers,

(g) dried flowers,

(h) hops,

(i) decorative foliage,

(j) sports turf,

(k) honey,

(l) pot plants, bedding plants and herbaceous plants (including nursery stock),

(m) shrubs and trees (including nursery stock),

(n) fruit trees, fruit bushes and fruit plants (including nursery stock), and

(o) seeds, bulbs, corms, tubers, potatoes and seed potatoes,

and includes products of any of the foregoing, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;”;

and

(c) by inserting after the definition of “prescribe” the following:

“‘subsidiary’ means a subsidiary (within the meaning of section 155 of the Companies Act 1963 ) of An Bord Bia;”.