The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) (No. 2) Regulations 2001

Interpretation U.K.

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

• “approved disinfectant” means a disinfectant approved in respect of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Orders under the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978 M1 ;

• “the Decision” means Commission Decision 2001/740/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2001/356/EC M2 ;

• “inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Minister (in England), the National Assembly for Wales (in Wales), the Scottish Ministers (in Scotland), the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (in Northern Ireland) or a local authority, and includes a veterinary inspector;

• “local authority” means-

  (a)

  in any part of England where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 M3 , a unitary authority for that local government area, that authority;

  (b)

  in any part of England where there is not a unitary authority—

  (i)

  in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;

  (ii)

  in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county;

  (iii)

  in each London borough, the council of that borough; or

  (iv)

  in the City of London, the Common Council; or

  (c)

  in any part of Wales, a county council or a county borough council;

  (d)

  in any part of Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 M4 ;

• “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

• “port” includes seaport, airport, hoverport and the United Kingdom terminal of the Channel tunnel;

• “road vehicle” means any vehicle (other than new vehicles which have not been driven outside the place of production) which has been driven or ridden on any highway, road or farm or grazing land in the United Kingdom and “vehicle” includes a trailer, semi-trailer, caravan or other thing which is designed or adapted to be towed by another vehicle;

• “veterinary inspector” means a person appointed as a veterinary inspector by the Minister (in England, Wales and Scotland) or the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (in Northern Ireland).

(2) For the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 M5 , these Regulations shall be taken to be a pre-commencement enactment within the meaning of that Act.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1978/32, as amended by S.I. 1978/934, S.I. 1999/919 and, in relation to England by S.I. 2001/608; in relation to Wales by S.I. 2001/641(W31); and in relation to Scotland by S.S.I. 2001/45 and S.S.I. 2001/51.

M2 OJ No. L277, 20.10.2001, p. 30.

M3 S.I. 1994/867.

M4 1994 c. 39.

M5 1998 c. 46.