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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovines-and-bovine-products-despatch-prohibition-and-production-restriction-regulations-1997/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1905",
  "legislation_title": "The Bovines and Bovine Products (Despatch Prohibition and Production Restriction) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovines-and-bovine-products-despatch-prohibition-and-production-restriction-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\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 4(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 4(4)(b) below,\nand includes a veterinary inspector appointed as such by the Minister;\n“local authority” means—\n(a) in relation to England—\n(i) as respects each London borough, district or non-metropolitan county, the council of that borough, district or county;\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“officer” means a person commissioned by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise;\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 Ministers of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State;\n“premises” includes any place, stall or moveable structure;\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.\n(2) Expressions in these Regulations which are not defined in paragraph (1) above and which appear in Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 96/239/EC have the same meaning in these Regulations as in that Decision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L 78, 28.3.96, p. 47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ 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/1997/1905/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:58.404707+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."
}