Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the appropriate Minister”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to England, means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Scotland or Wales, means the Secretary of State;

• “authorised officer” means a person authorised by the appropriate Minister for the purposes of these Regulations;

• “the Commission Decision” means Commission Decision No 88/234/EEC authorising the methods for grading pig carcases in the United Kingdom^f1;

• “the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases^f2;

• “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases^f3, as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3530/86^f4;

• “the MLC” means the Meat and Livestock Commission established by virtue of section 1(1) of the Agriculture Act 1967^f5;

• “pig carcase” has the meaning assigned to it by the first indent of Article 2(1) of the Council Regulation, except that, in pursuance of the authorisation in Article 2 of the Commission Decision, the carcase may include the tongue.

In these Regulations—

Other expressions used in these Regulations have, in so far as the context admits, the same meanings as in the Council Regulation, the Commission Regulation and the Commission Decision.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation so numbered in these Regulations.