# The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-And-Mouth Disease) Regulations 2001, 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 ;
“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—
(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;
(b)in any part of England where there is not a unitary authority—
(i)in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;
(ii)in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county;
(iii)in each London borough (except in relation to imported animals) the council of that borough; or
(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 ;
“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 );
“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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/665/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/import-and-export-restrictions-foot-and-mouth-disease-regulations-2001/regulation-2
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