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“relevant agency or department” means the agency or department responsible for the enforcement of the relevant written laws;

“appliance” has the same meaning assigned to it under the Food

Act 1983;

“contaminant” means any foreign, extraneous, toxic, noxious or harmful substance that is contained or present in or on any plant, animal, carcass, fish and agricultural produce including metal, microorganism and its toxin, drug residue, pesticide residue, radioactive residue or any chemical residue prohibited or permissible at a level specified in the relevant written laws;

“animal” has the same meaning assigned to it under the Animals

Act 1953 [Act 647] and includes bird;

“package” has the same meaning assigned to it under the Food Act 1983;

“bird” has the same meaning assigned to it under the Animals Act 1953;

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“export” means to take or cause to be taken out of Malaysia by land, sea, inland waters or air any plant, animal, carcass, fish, agricultural produce, soil, microorganism, or food;

“fish” has the same meaning assigned to it under the Fisheries Act 1985 [Act 317];

“import” means to bring or cause to be brought into Malaysia by land, sea, inland waters or air any plant, animal, carcass, fish, agricultural produce, soil, microorganism, or food;

“Department” means the Department of Malaysian Quarantine and

Inspection Services;

“Coordination Committee” means the Coordination Committee for

Quarantine and Inspection established under section 10;

“carcass” means the dead body of an animal or fish, and includes the meat, bones (whether whole, broken or ground), offal, hide, skin, wool, hair, feathers, hoof, horns or other part of the dead animal or fish, separately or otherwise;

“agricultural produce” means any product from plant, animal, carcass or fish, whether processed or otherwise;

“Director General” means the Director General of Quarantine and

Inspection appointed under subsection 4(1);

“quarantine” means an official confinement of any plant, animal, carcass, fish, agricultural produce, soil or microorganism for observation, research, further inspection, testing or treatment;

“licence” means a licence issued under subsection 12(4);

“food” has the same meaning assigned to it under the Food Act 1983, and includes appliance and package;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for agriculture and agro-based industry;

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“microorganism” means any microorganism other than plant and animal and includes fungus, bacteria and virus;

“enforcement officer” means an enforcement officer appointed under section 5 or section 6, and includes the Director General and

Deputy Director General;

“inspection” means an examination of any plant, animal, carcass, fish, agricultural produce, soil, microorganism or food;

“conveyance” means any aircraft, vehicle, vessel or any other mode of transport whether by land, sea or air;

“certificate” means a certificate issued under subsection 12(4)

except health certificates and phytosanitary certificates;

“permit” means a permit issued under subsection 12(4);

“entry point” means any entry point or exit point as specified in the

First Schedule;

“premises” includes any hut, shed, structure, platform, house, building, plant, licensed warehouse, container and land, whether enclosed or built upon;

“quarantine premises” means any premises declared by the Director

General under paragraph 9(g);

“quarantine station” means the premises, as specified in the Second

Schedule, to quarantine any plant, animal, carcass, fish, agricultural produce, soil or microorganism;

“soil” includes earth, ground or other naturally occurring or processed organic and mineral material;

“quarantine procedure” means the testing, treating or disposing of any plant, animal, carcass, fish, agricultural produce, soil, or microorganism, or the doing of any other relevant action as the

Director General may determine;

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“plant” means any species of plant or any part thereof whether living or dead and includes the stem, branch, tuber, bulb, corn, stock, budwood, cutting, layer, slip, sucker, root, leaf, flower, fruit, seed or any other part or product of a plant whether severed or attached;

“relevant written laws” means the written laws as specified in the

Third Schedule.