PART 1Introduction
Interpretation2
1
In these Regulations—
“authorised officer”, means a person who is authorised by the Department or a district council, in accordance with regulation 15 either generally or specially, to act in matters arising under these Regulations;
“breeding establishment” has the meaning given by Article 1(3)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75;
“chicks” has the meaning given by Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/7516;
“Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 laying down detailed rules of application for Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75, as amended from time to time;
“Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006, as amended from time to time;
“Council Directive 1999/74/EC” means Council Directive 1999/74/EC17 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens;
“Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75” means Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 of the Council on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks;
“Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 on marketing standards for eggs, as amended from time to time;
“Directive 2000/13/EC” means Directive 2000/13/EC18 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs;
“eggs” has the meaning given by Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006;
“eggs for hatching” has the meaning given by Article 1(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/7519;
“enforcement authority” means an authority exercising a function conferred on it by regulation 15;
“final consumer” has the meaning given by Article 2(8) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006;
“hatchery” has the meaning given by Article 1(3)(c) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75;
“packing centre” has the meaning given by Article 2(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006;
“pedigree breeding establishment” has the meaning given by Article 1(3)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75;
“production site” has the meaning given by Article 2(6) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006;
“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.
2
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 195420 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an act of the Assembly.
3
Any expression which is not defined in paragraph (1), but is used in Part 2 of, or Schedule 2 to, these Regulations, and in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75, has the same meaning in those provisions of these Regulations as it does in the Council Regulation.
4
Any expression which is not defined in paragraph (1), but is used in regulation 4(2) or Part 3 of, or Schedule 3 to, these Regulations and in Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 or Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 557/2007, has the same meaning in those provisions of these Regulations as it does in the Council or Commission Regulation in which it is used.
5
Any reference to a contravention of or failure to comply with any provision mentioned in Schedule 2 shall mean a contravention of or failure to comply with—
a
any provision of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 mentioned in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part; or
b
any provision of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 mentioned in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 2, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part.
6
Any reference to a contravention of or failure to comply with any provision mentioned in Schedule 3 means a contravention of or failure to comply with—
a
any provision of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 mentioned in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part; or
b
any provision of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 mentioned in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 3, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part.