Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

• “cattle” means bovine animals including the species bison bison and bubalus bubalis;

• “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^f1;

  2. (b)

     the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990^f2;

  3. (c)

     the Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Order 1984^f3;

  4. (d)

     (for animals in England which were identified in Scotland) the Turberculosis (Scotland) Order 1984^f4; or

  5. (e)

     (for animals identified under any of those instruments and re-identified under the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998^f5) the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998;

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

• “keeper” means any person responsible for animals, 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 he is transporting the animals;

• “local authority” means—

  1. (a)

     where there is a unitary authority within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994^f6, 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; and

     4. (iv)

        in the City of London, the Common Council;

• “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 Regulation (EC) No. 820/97^f7.

Any authorisation or notice under these Regulations shall be in writing, may be subject to conditions and may be suspended, amended or revoked by notice in writing at any time.