Regulation 3 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024;

• “the appropriate authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

  3. (c)

     in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

• “approval, authorisation or certificate” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to England, an approval, authorisation or certificate issued by the Secretary of State under the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006^f1, Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, or Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Wales, an approval, authorisation or certificate issued by the Welsh Ministers under the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Wales) Order 2007^f2, Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, or Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97;

  3. (c)

     in relation to Scotland, an approval, authorisation or certificate issued by the Scottish Ministers under the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 2006^f3, Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, or Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97;

• “Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 of 25 June 1997 concerning Community criteria for control posts and amending the route plan referred to in the Annex to Directive 91/628/EEC^f4;

• “Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations^f5;

• “commencement date” means the date in regulation 1(b);

• “enforcement authority” has the meaning given in regulation 4(6);

• “hold notice” has the meaning given in regulation 5(2);

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

• “journey” means a long journey of the kind described in Article 5(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005;

• “journey log” means a journey log of the kind described in Annex 2 to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005;

• “local authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to England, a county council or a district council, a London Borough council, the Common Council of the City of London, or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;

  3. (c)

     in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994^f6;

• “premises” includes any place, vehicle, trailer, container, stall, moveable structure, ship or aircraft;

• “record” means any physical or electronic document or communication;

• “Regulation (EU) 2017/625” means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products^f7.