In these Regulations–

• “cattle passport” (except in paragraphs 2(1)(b), 17 and 19 of Schedule 3) means–

  1. a

     a passport issued in Scotland, England or Wales under Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 or Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000; or

  2. b

     a cattle passport issued under the Cattle Passports Order 19963;

• “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 494/98” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 494/98 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 as regards the application of minimum administrative sanctions in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals4;

• “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 509/1999” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 509/1999 concerning an extension of the maximum period laid down for the application of ear-tags to bison (Bison bison spp.)5;

• “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards ear tags, passports and holding registers6;

• “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 644/2005” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 644/2005 authorising a special identification system for bovine animals kept for cultural and historical purposes on approved premises as provided for in Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council7;

• “Community legislation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 494/98, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 509/1999, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 644/2005 and Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000;

• “Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products8;

• “identification document” means–

  1. a

     a cattle passport;

  2. b

     a certificate of registration issued under regulation 5(3) of the Cattle (Identification of Older Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 20019; or

  3. c

     a notice of registration;

• “inspector” means a person appointed as such for the purposes of these Regulations by the Scottish Ministers or a local authority;

• “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 199410;

• “movement card” means a movement card issued under regulation 5(3) or 6(3) of the Cattle (Identification of Older Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2001;

• “movement document” means a document issued in relation to an animal in a third country without which the animal cannot be moved from that third country;

• “notice of registration” means a document issued by the Scottish Ministers confirming that an animal has been registered in the database set up in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000;

• “previous cattle tagging legislation” means–

  1. a

     the Cattle Identification Regulations 199811;

  2. b

     the Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 199512;

  3. c

     the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 199013;

  4. d

     the Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Order 198414; and

  5. e

     the Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 198415;

• “primary ear tag” means an ear tag approved by the Scottish Ministers and meeting the requirements of Articles 2 and 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004;

• “Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000” means Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/9716); and

• “secondary ear tag” means an ear tag of a model and material approved by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004.

Expressions in these Regulations that appear in the Community legislation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have for the purposes of that legislation.

Any reference in these Regulations to anything done in writing or produced in written form includes a reference to an electronic communication, as defined in the Electronic Communications Act 200017, that has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced.