Regulation 22 Interpretation of this Part of these Regulations

In this Part of these Regulations —

• “authorised officer”, in relation to an enforcement authority, means any person (whether or not an officer of the authority) who is authorised by them in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters arising under the Import Provisions;

• “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

• “enforcement authority” means the feed authority or the food authority;

• “the Import Provisions” means this Part of these Regulations and Articles 15 to 24 of Regulation 882/2004;

• “outside England enforcement authority” means the body responsible for enforcing the legislation in force with respect to imported products in any part of the United Kingdom except England;

• “product” means feed or food whose import is regulated by Article 15 of Regulation 882/2004 (feed and food of non–animal origin not included in the scope of Directive 97/78/EC) and includes those composite food products listed in the Annex to Commission Decision 2002/349/EC laying down the list of products to be examined at border inspection posts under Council Directive 97/78/EC^f1 which include only a limited percentage of products of animal origin and which are thereby excluded from the provisions of Directive 97/78/EC by Article 3(1) of that Decision; and

• “the relevant territories” means the territories referred to in Annex I to Regulation 882/2004.