# The Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations —
“owner” means —
(a)in the case of goods in transit, the consignor (or, if the consignor does not have an address in Northern Ireland, the consignee);
(b)in the case of goods from a vending machine —
(i)if the machine is marked with the name and address of its owner, and the address is in Northern Ireland, that person; and
(ii)in any other case, the occupier of the premises on which the machine stands or to which it is affixed;
(c)in any other case, the person appearing to the authorised officer to be the owner of the sample when the officer procured it;
“qualified” means qualified for the purposes of the Order;
“specified state” means one of the states listed in Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023;
“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/66/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-sampling-and-qualifications-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/regulation-2
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