Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “Department” means the Department of the Environment; and

• “Principal Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97^f1 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein.

Unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used in these Regulations, and which are also used in the Principal Regulation, shall have the meaning they bear in that Regulation.

For the purposes of these Regulations, a specimen is imported, exported or re-exported for commercial purposes if it is imported, exported or re-exported for use in the course of a trade or business carried on for profit.