Regulation 2 Interpretation

“cattle” means bovine animals held, kept or handled in Scotland and includes the speciesbison bison andbubalus bubalis;

“cattle passport” has the same meaning as in the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998 M1;

“Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/1997” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/1997 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 as regards eartags, holding registers and passports in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals M2;

“holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, any place in which cattle are held, kept or handled;

“identity of the animal” means the ear tag or tattoo number given in accordance with–

1. (a)

   the Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995 M3;

2. (b)

   the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990 M4;

3. (c)

   the Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Order 1984 M5;

4. (d)

   the Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 1984 M6; or

5. (e)

   the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998;

“inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Scottish Ministers or a local authority;

“keeper” means any person responsible for an animal, whether on a permanent or on a temporary basis, including during transportation or at a market but does not include any person who is only a keeper because that person is transporting the animal;

“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 M7;

“Regulation (EC) No. 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 Regulatio n (EC) No. 820/97 M8.