2. In these Regulations—
“approved operator” means the operator of an incinerator or rendering plant, as the case may be, approved under the Specified Bovine Material (No. 2) Order 1996(1);
“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/96(2), adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom;
“licensed operator” means the owner or occupier of a slaughterhouse licensed under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995(3);
“the scheme” means the scheme, introduced by the Commission Regulation, for the purchase of bovine animals aged more than 30 months which do not show clinical signs of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and which were, during a period of three months prior to their sale, present on a holding on United Kingdom territory; and
“specified Community provision” means a provision of the Commission Regulation specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.