Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 2(1) words substituted by Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) 2025 reg. 3(2)(a)
reg. 2 coming into force by Cattle Identification 1998 reg. 1
reg. 2 words omitted by Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) 2019 reg. 3(2)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by Cattle Identification 2012 reg. 2(2)
reg. 2(1) words omitted by Animals (Health, Identification, Trade and Veterinary Medicines) 2020 reg. 6(2)
reg. 2(1) words inserted by Cattle Identification 2026 reg. 2(2)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by Identification and Notification of Cattle 2004 reg. 2(2)
reg. 2(1) words inserted by Animal Health and Welfare 2019 Sch. 1 para. 6(b)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by Animal Health and Welfare 2019 Sch. 1 para. 6(c)
reg. 2(1) words inserted by Animal Health and Welfare 2019 Sch. 1 para. 6(d)
reg. 2(1) words inserted by Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) 2025 reg. 3(2)(b)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) 2025 reg. 3(2)(c)
reg. 2(1) words omitted by Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) 2025 reg. 3(2)(d)
reg. 2(1) words omitted by Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) 2025 reg. 3(2)(e)
reg. 2(1) words inserted by Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) 2025 reg. 3(2)(f)
reg. 2(4) words substituted by Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) 2025 reg. 3(3)

(1)

In these Regulations—

“the 1964 Order” means the Tuberculosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1964^f1;
“approved eartag” means an eartag which is approved by the Department for the purposes of Article 4.1 of the Council Regulation and which complies with that Article, with Article 1.1 and 1.2 of the Commission Regulation and with the requirements of regulations 3(3) and 4;.
“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation 820/97 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products^f2;
“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/97^f3; and
“member State” means any member State of the European Community other than the United Kingdom.

(2)

In these Regulations, other expressions which are also used in the Cattle Identification (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998^f4 shall have the same meaning as in those Regulations.

(3)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f5 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(4)

Any approval, licence or notice given to any person under these Regulations, the Council Regulation or the Commission Regulation—

(a)

shall be in writing

(b)

may be made subject to such conditions as may be specified therein; and

(c)

may be amended, suspended or revoked by notice in writing given to that person at any time.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 2 in operation at 1.10.1998, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: S. R. & O. 1964 No. 31 as amended by S.R. 1981 No. 348, S.R. 1986 No. 48, S.R. 1994 No. 216, S.R. 1996 No. 9 and S.R. 1996 No. 240
f2: O.J. No. L117, 7.5.97, p. 1
f3: O.J. No. L354, 30.12.97, p. 19
f4: S.R. 1998 No. 27
f5: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)