{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-fresh-meat-examination-for-residues-regulations-1988/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-fresh-meat-examination-for-residues-regulations-1988/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/848",
  "legislation_title": "The Animals and Fresh Meat (Examination for Residues) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-fresh-meat-examination-for-residues-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“analyst” means the person having the management or control of an approved laboratory;\n“animal” means a domestic animal of the following species: bovine animals (including buffalo), swine, sheep, goats and solipeds;\n“approved laboratory” means a laboratory designated by the competent authority for the purposes of these Regulations;\n“authorised officer” means a person appointed by a competent authority to be an authorised officer for the purposes of these Regulations;\n“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;\n“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;\n“farm of origin”, in relation to a sample taken from any animal or fresh meat, means—\n(a) where the sample was taken at a farm, that farm,\n(b) where the sample was taken at any other place, the last farm on which the animal was before being taken to that place;\n“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;\n“meat” means the flesh or other part of an animal suitable for human consumption;\n“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, 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;\n“official veterinary certificate” means a certificate signed by an official veterinary surgeon;\n“official veterinary surgeon” means a veterinary surgeon designated by the competent authority;\n“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;\n“prescribed”, in relation to the maximum level for an authorised substance, means prescribed by or in implementation of Community law;\n“primary analysis” means an analysis of an official sample carried out by an approved laboratory;\n“primary analysis certificate” means an analyst’s certificate specifying the finding of a primary analysis;\n“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;\n“reference analysis” means an analysis carried out by an approved laboratory to check the finding of a primary analysis;\n“reference analysis certificate” means an analyst’s certificate specifying the finding of a reference analysis;\n“residue” means a residue of a transmissible substance;\n“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;\n“veterinary medicine” means any substance having a pharmacological action administered to an animal;\n“veterinary surgeon” means a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons.\n(2) 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L275, 26.9.1986, p.36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/848/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:06:52.543014+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}