Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

In these Regulations—

• “authorised officer” means any person authorised by the Department to enforce these Regulations;

• F1“Commission Delegated Regulation” means Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035 of 28 June 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for establishments keeping terrestrial animals and hatcheries, and the traceability of certain kept terrestrial animals and hatching eggs.

• “the Department” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

• “horse” means wild or domesticated solipeds within the genus Equus of the family Equidae, and their crosses;

• “issuing body” means an issuing body in accordance with the F2Commission Delegated Regulation ;

• “passport” means an identification document for the identification of a horse in accordance with the F3Commission Delegated Regulation ;

• “veterinary surgeon” means a person registered as such under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966^f1.

Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in the F4Commission Delegated Regulation .

Expressions used both in these Regulations and in the Commission Implementing Regulation shall have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the F5Commission Delegated Regulation .