Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

“owner” means—

(a)

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

(b)

in the case of goods from a vending machine—

(i)

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

(ii)

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

(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 Act.