{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1743",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "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. 3886/92 laying 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.",
  "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": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1743/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:39:48.863194+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."
}