Himachal Pradesh Fruit Nurseries Registration and Regulation Act, 2015
No: 29 Dated: Nov, 10 2015
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH FRUIT NURSERIES REGISTRATION ANDREGULATION ACT, 2015
(ACT NO. 29 OF 2015)
An Act to consolidate and re-enact a law providing for the registration and regulation of fruit nurseries (including bud wood bank and tissue culture lab) in Himachal Pradesh and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Sixty-sixth Year ofthe Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Himachal PradeshFruit Nurseries Registration and Regulation Act, 2015.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a) “Appellate Authority” means the Director of Horticulture, Himachal Pradesh, appointed by the State Government;
(b) “bud wood bank” means earmarked progeny trees and fruit trees maintained for taking scion wood or any other propagule for further multiplication in the nursery;
(c) “competent authority” means an authority appointed by the State Government, by notification, to perform the functions under this Act;
(d) “designated agency” for the purpose of sections 10, 13 and 16 means Dr. Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan;
(e) “Director” means the Director of Horticulture, Himachal Pradesh;
(f) “hardened” means tissue culture raised plants adapted to outdoor conditions;
(g) “farmer’s variety” means a variety which has been cultivated and evolved by the farmer in his field;
(h) “fruit nursery” means bud wood bank or propagation unit or tissue culture unit where plants are regularly propagated and sold for transplantation;
(i) “inspecting officer” means any officer authorized by the Director of Horticulture, Himachal Pradesh for the purpose of inspection of fruit nurseries;
(j) “notification” means a notification issued by the State Government and published in the Official Gazette;
(k) “nurseryman” means any individual or agency engaged in the production and saleof plant material from the fruit nursery;
(l) “Official Gazette” means the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh;
(m) “plant material” or “propagule” means any propagation material used in raisingthe plant and includes bud wood or scions, rootstocks, cuttings and seed etc.;
(n) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(o) “rootstock” means the horticulture plant or part thereof on which any horticulture plant has been budded or grafted;
(p) “scion” or “bud wood” means the part of the plant which is used for grafting or budding a rootstock or a tree;
(q) “State Government” means the Government of Himachal Pradesh; and
(r) “tissueculture” means propagation of identical clones from plant parts under aseptic conditions on culture medium in the laboratory.