# The Zootechnical Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2019, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Zootechnical Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 7 March 2019.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland and, in so far as they extend beyond Scotland, they do so only as a matter of Scots law.
(3) In these Regulations—
(a) expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as in the Animal Breeding Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires,
(b) “the Animal Breeding Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof and amending Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, Council Directives 89/608/EEC and 90/425/EEC and repealing certain acts in the area of animal breeding, as amended from time to time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/5/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/zootechnical-standards-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-1
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