Paragraph 2

In this Scheme, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, namely:—

• “the Commission” means the Meat and Livestock Commission established under Part I of the Agriculture Act 1967;

• “deadweight” means in relation to calves the weight of the carcase after the head, skin and tail and the offal (except the kidneys) have been removed;

• “exporter” means any person engaged in the production, marketing or distribution of livestock whose business includes the export of livestock;

• “general expenses” means expenses incurred by the Commission other than species promotion expenses;

• “livestock” means cattle, sheep and pigs;

• “livestock product” has the meaning assigned thereto by section 25(2) of the said Act;

• “slaughterer” means any person (including a local authority) having the control and management of a slaughterhouse in which livestock are slaughtered and includes a local authority providing slaughterhouse facilities under Part I of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974^f1 or Part II of the Slaughterhouses Act 1954^f2, or providing any similar facilities under any local enactment;

• “slaughterhouse” has, in England and Wales, the meaning given by section 34 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 and, in Scotland, the meaning given by section 16 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1954;

• “species promotion expenses” means expenses incurred in the exercise of the Commission’s functions under paragraph 15 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the said Act relating to particular species of livestock and the livestock products thereof.