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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-and-veal-labelling-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/418",
  "legislation_title": "The Beef and Veal Labelling (Scotland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-and-veal-labelling-scotland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations–\n“authorised officer” means any person (whether or not an officer of the Scottish Ministers or of a local authority) who is authorised for the purposes of these Regulations by the Scottish Ministers or a local authority;\n“Commission Regulation 1141/97” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1141/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 as regards the labelling of beef and beef products as amended by Commission Regulations (EC) Nos. 2406/97 and 824/98;\n“Commission Regulation 1825/2000” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1825/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the labelling of beef and beef products, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) 275/2007;\n“Council Regulation 1234/2007” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products, as amended by Council Regulations (EC) Nos. 247/2008, 248/2008, 361/2008 and 470/2008;\n“Commission Regulation 566/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 566/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 as regards the marketing of the meat of bovine animals aged 12 months or less;\n“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; and\n“Regulation 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. 820/97, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1791/2006.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
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      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 25.1.2009, see reg. 1"
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 165, 24.6.1997, p.7."
    },
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      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 117, 7.5.1997, p.1. Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 (“Regulation 820/97”) was repealed by Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (“Regulation 1760/2000”). Under Article 24(2) of Regulation 1760/2000, references to Regulation 820/97 are to be construed as references to Regulation 1760/2000, read in accordance with the correlation table in the Annex to Regulation 1760/2000."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 332, 4.12.1997, p.36."
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      "label": "f4",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 117, 21.4.1998, p.4."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 216, 26.8.2000, p.8."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 76, 16.3.2007, p.12."
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      "label": "f7",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 299, 16.11.2007, p.1."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 76, 19.3.2008, p.1."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 76, 19.3.2008, p.6."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 121, 7.5.2008, p.1."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 140, 30.5.2008, p.1."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 160, 19.6.2008, p.22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "1994 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 204, 11.8.2000, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 363, 20.12.2006, p.1."
    }
  ],
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      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "ssi/2008/418",
      "affecting_title": "The Beef and Veal Labelling (Scotland) Regulations 2008"
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  "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."
}