Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

• “additional premium” means the premium which, under Article 3(2) of the Council Regulation, Member States are authorised to grant from national funds and for the making of which provision is made by section 3 of the Agriculture and Forestry (Financial Provisions) Act 1991;

• “applicant” means a person who has applied for a premium;

• “appropriate Minister” means in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and, in relation to Wales or Scotland, the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in those parts of the United Kingdom;

• “authorised officer” means a person (whether or not an officer of that Minister) who is authorised by the appropriate Minister, either generally or specially, to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

• “cattle” means cows and heifers;

• “the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1244/82 laying down detailed rules implementing the system of premiums for maintaining suckler cows^f1 as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2754/82^f2, Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1709/83^f3, Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1588/87^f4, Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2870/88^f5, Commission Regulation (EEC)No. 1662/89^f6, Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2731/89^f7 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2079/90^f8;

• “Community premium” means the premium for maintaining suckler cows which is payable under Article I of the Council Regulation;

• “control measures” means the administrative checks and on-farm inspections which each Member State is required to carry out under Article 4 of the Commission Regulation;

• “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1357/80 introducing a system of premiums for maintaining suckler cows^f9 as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1417/81^f10, Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1198/82^f11, Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3802/85^f12, Council Regulation (EEC) No. 467/87^f13, Council Regulation (EEC) No. 573/89^f14 and Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1187/90^f15;

• “premium” means the Community premium and the additional premium;

• “specified record” means any record which is required to be kept or preserved by virtue of regulation 5;

• “specified successor” means a person who has given an undertaking to the appropriate Minister in respect of the obligations of his predecessor in accordance with Article 4a(6) of the Commission Regulation.

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

In these Regulations any reference to a numbered regulation shall be construed as a reference to the regulation so numbered in these Regulations.