In these Regulations —

• “owner” means —

  1. a

     in the case of goods in transit, the consignor (or, if the consignor does not have an address in Northern Ireland, the consignee);

  2. b

     in the case of goods from a vending machine —

     1. i

        if the machine is marked with the name and address of its owner, and the address is in Northern Ireland, that person; and

     2. ii

        in any other case, the occupier of the premises on which the machine stands or to which it is affixed;

  3. c

     in any other case, the person appearing to the authorised officer to be the owner of the sample when the officer procured it;

• “qualified” means qualified for the purposes of the Order;

• “the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19546 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.