Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Decision" means Commission Decision 2001/172/EC of 1st March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2001/145/EC M1;

• “export" means export outside the British Islands;

• “inspector" means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Minister (in England), or the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (in Northern Ireland) or a local authority, and includes a veterinary inspector;

• “local authority" means—

  1. (a)

     in any part of England where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 M2, a unitary authority for that local government area, that authority;

  2. (b)

     in any part of England where there is not a unitary authority—

     1. (i)

        in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;

     2. (ii)

        in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county;

     3. (iii)

        in each London borough (except in relation to imported animals) the council of that borough; or

     4. (iv)

        in the City of London, and for all London boroughs in relation to imported animals, the Common Council;

• “meat products" means meat products as defined in Article 2 of Council Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin M3;

• “Minister" means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

• “milk" and “milk products" have the meaning given in Article 2 of Council Directive 92/46/EC (laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products M4);

• “veterinary inspector" means a person appointed as a veterinary inspector by the Minister (in England), or the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (in Northern Ireland).