Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “animal” means a ruminating animal F1or a camelid;

• F2“border control post” means a place designated by the competent authority for the performance of official controls under Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products ;

• F3“carcase” means the carcase of an animal;

• “control zone” means a zone referred to in regulation 12;

• F4“germinal product” means the embryo, ovum or semen of an animal;

• F5“inactivated vaccines” means vaccines that are not live attenuated vaccines;

• “infected premises” means premises on which the existence of bluetongue has been confirmed;

• “inspector” means an inspector appointed as such by the Secretary of State or a local authority for the purpose of these Regulations and, unless the context otherwise requires, includes a veterinary inspector;

• F6“live attenuated vaccines” means vaccines which are produced by adapting bluetongue virus field isolates through serial passages in tissue culture or in embryonated hens’ eggs;

• “local authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in a part of England where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994, a unitary authority for that local government area, that authority;

  2. (b)

     where there is not a unitary authority—

     1. (i)

        in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;

     2. (ii)

        in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county;

     3. (iii)

        in each London borough, the council of that borough;

     4. (iv)

        in the city of London, the Common Council;

     5. (v)

        where there is a port health authority, that authority;

• “midge” means an insect of the genus Culicoides;

• “premises” includes any F7any land, building or other place;

• F8“regulated place” means a slaughterhouse or border control post;

• “vaccine” means vaccine against bluetongue virus; and

• “veterinary inspector” means a person appointed as such by the Secretary of State for the purposes of these Regulations.

Any authorisation, licence, notice or designation under these Regulations must be in writing, may be subject to conditions and may be amended, suspended or revoked F9... at any time.