Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“administrative unit” means a group of local authorities shown in Schedule 2 to these Regulations, and may, if the context so permits, includes such groups in England and Scotland;
“approved” means approved in accordance with regulation 3;
“county” means the area of a local authority, and may, if the context so permits, includes such areas in England and Scotland;
“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(1) as last amended by the Commission Decision of the 19th December 2001(2);
“dispatch” means dispatch from a place within the restricted area to a place outside the restricted area and includes consigning for dispatch;
“export” means export outside the British Islands and includes consigning for export;
“HACCP” means Hazard Analysis at Critical Control Points, which is a system in which the critical points of the manufacturing process have been identified, assessments have been made of the potential risks at those points, and necessary steps have been taken to minimise those risks;
“inspector” means a person appointed by the National Assembly, the Secretary of State or a local authority to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations or by the National Assembly, the Minister or a local authority for the purposes of the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000(3) or the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996(4) and includes a veterinary inspector;
“local authority” means a county council or county borough council in Wales;
“main roads” means motorways or trunk roads and in this context “trunk roads” have the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980(5)
“meat products” means meat products as defined in Article 2 of Council Directive 77/99/EEC (on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin(6));
“Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
“milk” and “milk products” have the meaning given in Article 2 of Council Directive 92/46/EC (laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products(7));
“official veterinary surgeon” means a person appointed as such under regulation 8 of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995(8);
“restricted area” means the British Islands other than Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man; and
“veterinary inspector” means a veterinary surgeon appointed for export certification by the Secretary of State or the Minister.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to an instrument of the European Community is to that instrument as amended at the time these Regulations are made.
OJ No. L277, 20.10.2001, p. 30.
OJ No. L337, 20.12.2001, p.39.
S.I. 2000/1673.
S.I. 1996/3124.
OJ No. L26, 31.1.1977, p. 85 as last amended by Directive 92/45/EEC (OJ No. L268, 14.9.1992, p. 35).
OJ No. L268, 14.9.92, p.1 as last amended by Council Directive 94/71/EC (OJ No. L368, 31.12.94, p. 33).