Article 1a DefinitionsF1
In this Decision:
“the appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “the appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:
in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
“approved body, institute or centre” means any permanent, geographically limited establishment, approved by the competent authority, where one or more species of animal are habitually kept or bred (whether or not for commercial ends) exclusively for one or more of the following purposes:
display of the animals and education of the public;
conservation of the species;
basic or applied scientific research or breeding of animals for the purposes of such research;
“the competent authority” means the central authority of a constituent territory or a territory or third country, as the case may be, competent to carry out veterinary checks, or any authority to which it has delegated that competence;
“constituent territory” means England, Wales or Scotland;
“official veterinarian” means any veterinarian appointed or approved by the competent authority;
“territory or third country” means a territory or country outside the British Islands.