Section 44 InterpretationI1

In this Act the following terms have the following meanings—

• “advisory body” means the advisory committee or welfare advisory body;

• “the advisory committee” has the meaning given by section 22(1);

• “the affirmative procedure” has the meaning given by section 43(4);

• “animal” has the meaning given by section section 2(2);

• “compliance notice” has the meaning given by section 33(1);

• “control” is to be read in accordance with section 3(2);

• “enforcement authority” means a body designated as such under section 28(1);

• “enforcement notice” has the meaning given by section 32(3);

• “the environment” includes land, air, water and living organisms supported by any of those media;

• “gamete” has the meaning given by section 2(4);

• “legislation” means—

  1. (a)

     primary legislation,

  2. (b)

     retained direct EU legislation, or

  3. (c)

     subordinate legislation;

• “marketable precision bred organism” has the meaning given by section 5(2);

• “marketing notice” has the meaning given by section 6(1);

• “modern biotechnology” has the meaning given by section 1(3);

• “modify”, in relation to legislation, includes amend, repeal or revoke (and related terms are to be read accordingly);

• “monetary penalty notice” has the meaning given by section 35(1);

• “the negative procedure” has the meaning given by section 43(5);

• “notifier”, in relation to a marketing notice, has the meaning given by section 6(1) (but see section 11(9));

• “organism” (except in section 2) means plant or animal;

• “Part 2 obligation” has the meaning given by section 21;

• “Part 3 obligation” has the meaning given by section 29;

• “plant” has the meaning given by section 2(1);

• “precision bred” has the meaning given by section 1;

• “precision bred animal marketing authorisation” means a marketing authorisation issued under section 13(1);

• “precision bred confirmation” has the meaning given by section 8(1)(a)(i);

• “precision bred organism” has the meaning given by section 1(1);

• “precision bred trait”, in relation to a relevant animal, means a trait of the animal which results from a feature of the animal’s genome that results from the application of modern biotechnology;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;

• “primary legislation” means—

  1. (a)

     an Act,

  2. (b)

     an Act of the Scottish Parliament,

  3. (c)

     an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru, or

  4. (d)

     Northern Ireland legislation;

• “progeny”, in relation to a precision bred organism, includes any progeny of the organism, whether resulting from sexual or asexual reproduction;

• “qualifying progeny” has the meaning given by section 24;

• “the register” has the meaning given by section 18;

• “regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State;

• “relevant animal” has the meaning given by section 10;

• “relevant breach” has the meaning given by section 31(1);

• “stop notice” has the meaning given by section 34(1);

• “subordinate legislation” means an instrument made under primary legislation or under retained direct EU legislation;

• “the welfare advisory body” has the meaning given by section 22(3).