Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “authorised officer” means any person who has written authority from an enforcement authority to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

• “Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 543/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultrymeat, as amended from time to time;

• “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

• “enforcement authority” means an authority exercising a function conferred on it by regulation 9;

• “European poultrymeat provision” means a provision of the Single CMO Regulation F1or Regulation (EU) 2013 or the Commission Regulation specified in column 1 of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1, as read with any provision mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2 of Part 1 or 2 of that Schedule;

• “officer”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a body corporate, means a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body; and

  2. (b)

     in relation to an unincorporated body, means any member of its governing body or a chief executive, manager or other similar officer of the body;

• “the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991^f1;

• F2“poultrymeat” has the meaning given by point II(1) of Part V of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013;

• “premises” means any place, including those requiring inspection under Article 12(5)(a) to (d) of the Commission Regulation, and any vehicle, trailer, stall or moveable structure; and

• F3“Regulation (EU) 2013” means Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council adopted on the 16 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, as amended from time to time;

• “Single CMO Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provision for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) F4as amended from time to time .

In these Regulations, any reference to Part B of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation is a reference to Part B of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation as amended from time to time.

Other expressions used in these Regulations and in the Single CMO Regulation F5or Regulation (EU) 2013 or the Commission Regulation shall have the same meaning in these Regulations as in the European Regulation in which they are used.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Any reference in these Regulations to Part VI of Annex VII of Regulation (EU) 2013 includes a reference to the equivalent transitional marketing standards under Article 116 of and Annex XIV to, the Single CMO Regulation.