{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/404",
  "legislation_title": "Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture;\n“meat” means any part of an animal that is suitable for human consumption;\n“official number” means the identification number allocated by the Department in accordance with the provisions of the Tuberculosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1964;\n“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;\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.R. & O. (N.I.) 1964 No. 31; the relevant amending Orders are S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1968 No. 236, S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 76, S.R. 1986 No. 48 and S.R. 1994 No. 216"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2000/78",
      "affecting_title": "Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/404/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:33:54.430489+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."
}