Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “authorised officer” means a person authorised in writing by a district council or the competent authority for the purposes of these Regulations;

• “Commission Regulation 889/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control^f1;

• “Commission Regulation 1235/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) 1235/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries^f2;

• “control body” means a control body, within the meaning of Article 2(p) of the Council Regulation, to whom the competent authority has delegated control tasks^f3 in accordance with Article 27(4)(b) of the Council Regulation;

• “controlled consignment” means any consignment the movement of which is, for the time being. prohibited under regulation 7;

• “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products^f4;

• “the database” means the computerised database, established under Article 48(1) of the Commission Regulation 889/2008, listing varieties of seed and seed potatoes obtained by the organic production method (which term has the same meaning as in the Council Regulation) which are available in Northern Ireland;

• “holding” has the meaning given in Article 2(e) of Commission Regulation 889/2008;

• “importer” means any person who imports from a third country any products referred to in Article 1 of the Council Regulation with a view to the subsequent placing on the market of such products;

• “organic product” means a product referred to in Article 1(2) of the Council Regulation, as read with Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation 889/2008;

• “organic production” has the same meaning as in Article 2(a) of the Council Regulation;

• “place of import” in relation to a consignment imported into Northern Ireland from a third country, means the place at which the consignment first arrives in Northern Ireland;

• “specified EU provision” means those provisions specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule, as read with any supplementary provisions in column 2 of the table in the Schedule;

• “the Soil Association” means the Soil Association Limited, a company limited by guarantee and registered charity No 206862 of Spear House, Victoria Street, Bristol BS1 6AD;

• “third country” means any country or territory other than a country or territory in the European Union.

Other expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as in Commission Regulation 889/2008, Commission Regulation 1235/2008 or the Council Regulation.

A reference in these Regulations to any EU instrument, or any provision of an EU instrument, is a reference to that instrument or that provision as amended from time to time.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f5 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.