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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-and-export-restrictions-foot-and-mouth-disease-regulations-2001/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/665",
  "legislation_title": "The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-And-Mouth Disease) Regulations 2001",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“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 ;\n“export\" means export outside the British Islands;\n“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;\n“local authority\" means—\n(a)in any part of England where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 , a unitary authority for that local government area, that authority;\n(b)in any part of England where there is not a unitary authority—\n(i)in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;\n(ii)in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county;\n(iii)in each London borough (except in relation to imported animals) the council of that borough; or\n(iv)in the City of London, and for all London boroughs in relation to imported animals, the Common Council;\n“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 ;\n“Minister\" means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;\n“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 );\n“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).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "OJ No. L62, 2.3.2001. p. 22."
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      "text": "OJ No. L26, 31.1.1977, p. 85 as last amended by Directive 92/45/EEC (OJ No. L268, 14.9.1992, p. 35)."
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      "text": "OJ No. L268, 14.9.92, p. 1 as last amended by Council Directive 94/71/EC (OJ No. L368, 31.12.94, p. 33."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/665/regulation/2",
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  "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."
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