Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“Council Regulation 1/2005” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC(1);
“Council Regulation 1255/97” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97 concerning Community criteria for staging points and amending the route plan referred to in the Annex to Directive 91/628/EEC(2);
“the Council Regulations” mean both Council Regulation 1/2005 and Council Regulation 1255/97;
“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland;
“the 1981 Order” means the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
(2) Expressions used in these Regulations that are also used in the Council Regulations have the same meaning as they bear in those Regulations.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.