Regulation 2 InterpretationF1F2I1

In these Regulations—

• “Commission Regulation (EU) No 1233/2009” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 1233/2009 laying down a specific market support measure in the dairy sector^f1;

• “Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products^f2;

• “farmer” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers^f3;

• “marketing” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 65(h) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, and cognate terms are construed accordingly;

• “milk” means the produce of the milking of one or more cows;

• “milk equivalent” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 65(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and by Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector^f4;

• “relevant authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

  3. (c)

     in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers; and

  4. (d)

     in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

• “specified period” means the period from 1st October 2008 until 30th September 2009 inclusive.