{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/616",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations–\n“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;\n“the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;\n“authorised officer”–\n(a)in relation to a competent authority, means any person appointed under regulation 3(1); and\n(b)in relation to a relevant enforcement authority, means any person appointed under regulation 3(2);\n“competent authority” means the authority which, by virtue of regulation 4, is so designated for the purposes of the provisions of Regulation 882/2004 specified in that regulation;\n“Directive 2004/41”, “Regulation 999/2001” “Regulation 178/2002”, “Regulation 1831/2003”, “Regulation 852/2004”, “Regulation 853/2004”, “Regulation 882/2004” “Regulation 1688/2004”, “Regulation 2073/2005”, “Regulation 2074/2005” and “Regulation 2076/2005” have the meanings respectively given to them in Schedule 1;\n“feed authority” and “food authority” respectively mean a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ;\n“the Official Control Regulations” means these Regulations and Regulation 882/2004;\n“premises” includes any establishment, any place, vehicle, stall or moveable structure and any ship or aircraft;\n“primary production” has the meaning it bears in Regulation 852/2004;\n“relevant enforcement authority” means a body which, by virtue of regulation 18, is made responsible for executing and enforcing regulations 6(3), 10(8), 12, 17, 19(8) and 20;\n“relevant feed law” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 2; and\n“relevant food law” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 3.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), any expression other than–\n(a) one defined in paragraph (1); and\n(b) for the purposes of Part 3 of these Regulations one defined in regulation 23,\n(3) Subject to paragraph (1) and, for the purposes of Part 3 of these Regulations to regulation 23, and unless the contrary intention appears, any expression used both in these Regulations and in Regulation 178/2002 or Regulation 882/2004 has the meaning it bears in Regulation 178/2002 or Regulation 882/2004 as the case may be.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (24.11.2006) by The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/530), reg. 1(1), sch. 8 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (11.1.2006) by The Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/3), reg. 1(1), sch. 7 para. 47 (with reg. 35)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1994 c. 39; section 2 was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 22, paragraph 232."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/616/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:34.813431+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}