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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/606",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations–\n“the Act” means the Animal Health Act 1981 ;\n“Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) 1255/97 , as amended from time to time;\n“Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97 concerning Community criteria for staging points and amending the route plan referred to in the Annex to Directive 91/628/EEC , as amended from time to time;\n“inspector” means a person appointed as an inspector by the Scottish Ministers or a local authority for the purposes of these Regulations; ...\n“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and;\n“Regulation (EU) 2017/625” means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (13.11.2009) by The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/339), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (13.11.2009) by The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/339), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (13.11.2009) by The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/339), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 2 omitted (6.4.2023) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/287), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (6.4.2023) by The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/287), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22, amended by the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 asp 11 and the Animal Health Act 1981 (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3293)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 3, 1.5.2005 p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 174, 2.7.1997 p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1994 c. 39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/606/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:16:47.736248+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."
}