{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-products-production-and-despatch-regulations-1997/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-products-production-and-despatch-regulations-1997/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/389",
  "legislation_title": "The Bovine Products (Production and Despatch) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-products-production-and-despatch-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“bovine animal” means a bull, cow, steer, heifer or calf;\n“Commission Decision 96/239/EC” means Commission Decision 96/239/EC on emergency measures to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy, as amended by Commission Decision 96/362/EC;\n“controlled bovine by-product” means—\n(a) gelatin;\n(b) an amino acid;\n(c) a peptide;\n(d) tallow; or\n(e) a product derived, by hydrolysis at a temperature of at least 250°C, from tallow (other than tallow produced in accordance with regulation 3(1) below),\nproduced in the United Kingdom from any part of a bovine animal and which is—\n(i) liable to enter the human food chain or animal feed chain; or\n(ii) destined for use in cosmetic, medical or pharmaceutical products;\n“inspector” means—\n(a) a person appointed as such by the Minister;\n(b) a person appointed as such by a local authority in relation to its enforcement responsibilities under these Regulations; and\n(c) any veterinary surgeon appointed under regulation 3(4)(b) or 6(1)(b) below,\nand includes a veterinary inspector;\n“local authority” means—\n(a) in relation to England—\n(i) as respects each district or London borough, the council of that district or borough;\n(ii) where there is a Port Health Authority, that authority in addition to the authority specified in paragraph (i) above;\n(iii) as respects the City of London, the Common Council; and\n(iv) as respects the Isles of Scilly, the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n(b) in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; and\n(c) in relation to Wales—\n(i) as respects each county or county borough the council of that county or county borough; and\n(ii) where there is a Port Health Authority, that authority in addition to the authority specified in paragraph (i) above.\n“the Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and, in relation to Scotland or Wales, the Secretary of State;\n“the Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State;\n“relevant goods” means—\n(a) meat for human consumption;\n(b) any meat product for human consumption;\n(c) any meat preparation for human consumption; or\n(d) food for domestic carnivores,\nobtained from a bovine animal which was not slaughtered in the United Kingdom;\n“vertebral column” includes any part thereof; and\n“veterinary inspector” means a person appointed as a veterinary inspector by the Minister.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L78, 28.3.96, p.47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L139, 12.6.96, p.17."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1994 c. 39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/389/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:08.303312+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."
}