Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “analyst” means the person having the management or control of an approved laboratory;

• “animal” means a domestic animal of the following species: bovine animals (including buffalo), swine, sheep, goats and solipeds;

• “approved laboratory” means a laboratory designated by the competent authority for the purposes of these Regulations;

• “authorised officer” means a person appointed by a competent authority to be an authorised officer for the purposes of these Regulations;

• “authorised substance” means a transmissible substance the presence of which in any animal or fresh meat is permitted by or in implementation of Community law;

• “competent authority” means, in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and, in relation to Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, the Secretary of State;

• “farm of origin”, in relation to a sample taken from any animal or fresh meat, means—

  1. (a)

     where the sample was taken at a farm, that farm,

  2. (b)

     where the sample was taken at any other place, the last farm on which the animal was before being taken to that place;

• “fresh meat” means meat which has not undergone any preserving process other than chilling or freezing and includes meat vacuum wrapped or wrapped in a controlled atmosphere;

• “meat” means the flesh or other part of an animal suitable for human consumption;

• “official sample” means a sample, taken by a competent authority, for the purposes of analysis in pursuance of Article 8.1(a) of Council Directive 86/469/EEC^f1, which bears a reference to the species, the type, the amount and the method of collection and the identification of the origin of the animal or the meat;

• “official veterinary certificate” means a certificate signed by an official veterinary surgeon;

• “official veterinary surgeon” means a veterinary surgeon designated by the competent authority;

• “owner” shall include, in relation to any animal, the person in charge of such animal and in relation to any fresh meat the person in possession of such fresh meat;

• “prescribed”, in relation to the maximum level for an authorised substance, means prescribed by or in implementation of Community law;

• “primary analysis” means an analysis of an official sample carried out by an approved laboratory;

• “primary analysis certificate” means an analyst’s certificate specifying the finding of a primary analysis;

• “prohibited substance” means a transmissible substance the presence of which in any animal or fresh meat is prohibited by or in implementation of Community law;

• “reference analysis” means an analysis carried out by an approved laboratory to check the finding of a primary analysis;

• “reference analysis certificate” means an analyst’s certificate specifying the finding of a reference analysis;

• “residue” means a residue of a transmissible substance;

• “transmissible substance” means any substance having a pharmacological action or any conversion product thereof or any other substance transmitted to meat and which is likely to be dangerous to human health;

• “veterinary medicine” means any substance having a pharmacological action administered to an animal;

• “veterinary surgeon” means a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons.

In these Regulations any reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the regulation or Schedule so numbered in these Regulations.