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  "legislation": "nisr/1999/324",
  "legislation_title": "Cattle Passport Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-passport-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation and application",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“animal” means bovine animals including the species Bison bison and Bubalus bubalis;\n“cattle passport” means a document containing the information set out in Article 6.1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/97 (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) issued by the appropriate competent authority;\n“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 (establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products);\n“holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, any place in Northern Ireland in which cattle are held, kept or handled;\n“inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Department;\n“keeper” means any person responsible for animals, whether on a permanent or on a temporary basis, including during transportation or at a market;\n“member State” means any member State of the European Communities, other than the United Kingdom; and\n“official veterinary surgeon” means a person designated as such in accordance with regulation 7(2) of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.\n(3) In these Regulations a reference to “another part of the European Community” shall be construed as a reference to a place in Great Britain, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or to a place in any member State.\n(4) These Regulations shall apply in relation to any animal intended for intra-Community trade after the date of their coming into operation.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 3.9.1999, see reg. 1"
    },
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1954 c. 33"
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L354, 30.12.97, p. 19"
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      "label": "f3",
      "text": "O.J. No. L117, 7.5.97, p. 1"
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      "text": "S.R. 1997 No. 493"
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