Red Meat Industry (Wales) Measure 2010

1 Meaning of the “red meat industry”

(1) In this Measure, “the red meat industry” means—

(a) activities comprised in breeding, keeping, processing, marketing and distributing any of the following animals—

(i) cattle,

(ii) sheep, or

(iii) pigs; and

(b) activities comprised in producing, processing, marketing, manufacturing and distributing products derived to any substantial extent from those animals (apart from milk and milk products, fleece wool and hides); and

(c) slaughterhouses, auctions and markets used wholly or partly for activities falling within paragraphs (a) or (b).

(2) In this Measure—

• “cattle sector” (“sector gwartheg”) means the red meat industry so far as it relates to cattle;

• “pig sector” (“sector moch”) means the red meat industry so far as it relates to pigs;

• “sheep sector” (“sector defaid”) means the red meat industry so far as it relates to sheep.

(3) The powers conferred on the Welsh Ministers by this Measure may be exercised—

(a) in relation to the red meat industry as a whole, or

(b) in relation to only some sectors of the industry;

and may be exercised differently in relation to different sectors of the industry.

(4) Any reference in this Measure to animals includes (where the context requires) a reference to animals that are dead.