{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-labelling-enforcement-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/252",
  "legislation_title": "The Beef Labelling (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-labelling-enforcement-scotland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "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 Regulation (EC) No. 2406/97 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 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;\n“justice of the peace” means a full justice as defined by section 9 of the Districts Courts (Scotland) Act 1975;\n“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;\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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 165, 24.6.97. p.7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 332, 4.12.97, p.36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 117, 21.4.98, p.4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 216, 26.8.00, p.8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1975 c. 20. The definition of “full justice” was inserted by section 8 of the Bail, Judicial Appointments etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1994 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 204, 11.8.00, p.1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/252/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:45:54.734323+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."
}