{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-no-2-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-no-2-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2097",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-no-2-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —\n“cattle birth record document” means a document which—\n(a) is issued and authenticated by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the Secretary of State in respect of a bovine animal for which no national administrative document has been issued; and\n(b) records the date of birth and the ear-tag number of the bovine animal to which it relates;\n“cattle passport” has the meaning given in the Cattle Passports Order 1996;\n“meat” means any part of an animal that is suitable for human consumption;\n“national administrative document” means a document issued in pursuance of article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3886/92laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and repealing Regulations (EEC) No. 1244/82 and (EEC) No. 714/89, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1850/95; and\n“sell” includes possess for sale, and offer, expose or advertise for sale.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1686."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L391, 31.12.92, p. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "O.J. No. L177, 28.7.95, p. 45."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/656",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2000/62",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2522",
      "affecting_title": "The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2097/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:06.012221+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}