{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-animal-health-fixed-penalty-notices-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2026/9780111064887",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Health (Fixed Penalty Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-animal-health-fixed-penalty-notices-scotland-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“authorised officer” means—\n(a) in relation to offences under the Animal Health Act 1981, an inspector, veterinary inspector, officer of the local authority or constable, or\n(b) in relation to offences under the Bees Act 1980, an authorised person within the meaning of section 3 of that Act,\n“domestic premises” means—\n(a) premises, or a part of premises, used (or used for the time being) exclusively as a dwelling-house, and\n(b) includes any land or structure belonging to or usually enjoyed with, or adjacent to and for the time being enjoyed with, the dwelling-house,\n“fixed penalty amount” means the amount specified in regulation 5,\n“officer of the local authority” means an officer appointed under section 52(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981 by the local authority for the execution and enforcement of the Act,\n“payment period” means the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the fixed penalty notice is issued, unless—\n(a) the period has been extended in accordance with regulation 6(2), in which case it means the period as extended, or\n(b) the period has been paused in accordance with regulation 9(3)(a), and the appeal rejected, in which case it means 28 days beginning with the date on which the decision notice rejecting the appeal is issued,\n“premises” includes—\n(a) any land or building,\n(b) any other place, in particular—\n(i) a vehicle or vessel,\n(ii) a tent or moveable structure,\n“relevant enforcement authority” means—\n(a) in relation to an inspector appointed by Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Ministers,\n(b) in relation to an inspector appointed by the local authority, the local authority,\n(c) in relation to an officer of the local authority, the local authority,\n(d) in relation to a veterinary inspector appointed by Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Ministers,\n(e) in relation to a constable, the Police Service of Scotland,\n(f) in relation to an authorised person under section 3 of the Bees Act 1980, the Scottish Ministers,\n“relevant offence” means an offence under the Animal Health Act 1981 or the Bees Act 1980 listed in the second column of the table in schedule 1 to these Regulations, that an authorised officer has reason to believe a person has committed, by breaching a relevant requirement listed in the corresponding entry in the first column of that table,\n“relevant requirement” means a requirement or prohibition specified in the first column of the table in schedule 1, subject to any exclusions specified in the corresponding entry in the fourth column of that table.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 12."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111064887/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:28:07.788772+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}