# The Meat and Livestock Commission Levy Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1987, 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 or Part II of the Slaughterhouses Act 1954, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1303/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meat-and-livestock-commission-levy-scheme-confirmation-order-1987/schedule/paragraph-2
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