Interpretation2
1
In these Regulations—
“the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;
“authorised officer” means any person who has written authority from an enforcement authority to act in matters arising under these Regulations;
“Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultrymeat, as amended from time to time;
“computer equipment” means any computer, and any associated electronic storage device or apparatus;
“contravene” includes fail to comply, and contravention is to be construed accordingly;
“cutting plant” means an establishment used for boning and/or cutting up meat;
“enforcement authority” means an authority exercising a function conferred on it by regulation 8;
“European poultrymeat provision” means a provision of the Single CMO Regulation or the Commission Regulation specified in column 1 of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1, as read with any provision mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2 of Part 1 or 2 of that Schedule;
“food authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19947;
“poultrymeat” has the meaning given by point II(1) of Part B of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation;
“premises” means any place, including those requiring inspection under Article 12(5)(a) to (d) of the Commission Regulation, and any vehicle, trailer, stall or moveable structure;
“relevant individual” means—
- a
in relation to a body corporate—
- i
a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body;
- ii
where the affairs of the body are managed by its members, a member;
- i
- b
in relation to a Scottish partnership, a partner;
- c
in relation to an unincorporated association other than a Scottish partnership, a person who is concerned in the management or control of the association; and
- a
“Single CMO Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation).
2
In these Regulations, any reference to Part B of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation is a reference to Part B of Annex XIV as amended from time to time.
3
Any expressions used in these Regulations to which meanings are given in either the Single CMO Regulations or the Commission Regulation have the same meaning as in those EU Regulations.