Article 2 DefinitionsX1

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1. (a)

   ‘ungulates’ means ungulates as defined in Article 2(d) of Directive 2004/68/EC;

2. (b)

   ‘fresh meat’ means fresh meat as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

3. (c)

   ‘equidae’ means equidae as defined in Article 2(b) of Council Directive F12009/156/EC;

4. (d)

   ‘holding’ means a farm or other officially supervised agricultural, industrial or commercial undertaking, including zoos, amusement parks and wildlife or hunting reserves where live animals are regularly kept or bred.

5. (e)

   F2‘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 ‘appropriate authority’ is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:

   1. (i)

      in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

   2. (ii)

      in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

6. (f)

   ‘approved body, institute or centre’ means any permanent, geographically limited establishment, where one or more species of animal are habitually kept or bred, whether or not for commercial ends, for one or more of the following purposes:

   1. (i)

      display of the animals and education of the public;

   2. (ii)

      conservation of the species;

   3. (iii)

      basic or applied scientific research or breeding of animals for the purposes of such research,

   and where the establishment concerned is approved by, or registered with, the competent authority (in relation to a third country) or the appropriate authority (in relation to Great Britain);

7. (g)

   ‘competent authority’ means the central authority of the country of destination or transit competent to carry out veterinary checks, or any authority to which that central authority has delegated that competence;

8. (h)

   ‘third country’ means any country or territory other than the British Islands.

9. (i)

   F3“specific condition” has the meaning given in Article 2c;

10. (j)

    “supplementary guarantee”—

    1. (i)

       in relation to ungulates, means the guarantee given under paragraph 2 of Article 2d;

    2. (ii)

       in relation to fresh meat, means the guarantee given under paragraph 2 of Article 13b.