4Meaning of plant and plant situated on land

4 Meaning of plant and plant situated on land

(1)  In this Act –

plant means any plant or part of a plant.

(2)  In this Act, plant includes –

(a) a tree; and

(b) a hedge or group of plants; and

(c) fruits, seeds, leaves, or flowers, of a plant; and

(d) a bare trunk; and

(e) a stump rooted in land; and

(f) any root of a plant; and

(g) a dead plant.

(3)  Despite subsections (1) and (2) , plant does not include a member of a class of plants that is prescribed to be a class of plants to which this Act does not apply.

(4)  For the purposes of this Act, a plant is situated on land if –

(a) the base of the trunk of the plant; or

(b) a place at which a stem of the plant connects with the roots of the plant –

is, or was, situated in whole or in part on the land.