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2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“approved research premises” means premises approved for research purposes by the Scottish Ministers;
“bovine animal” includes bison and buffalo (including water buffalo);
“BSE” means bovine spongiform encephalopathy;
“bulk” means not enclosed or wrapped in packaging;
“cattle passport” has the same meaning as in the Cattle Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2007 ;
“Commission Decision 2007/411/EC” means Commission Decision 2007/411/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 for any purpose and exempting such animals from certain control and eradication measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 and repealing Decision 2005/598/EC;
“cutting plant” (except in Schedule 7, paragraph 9(3)(b)(iii)) has the meaning given to it in paragraph 1(17) of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 , and is an establishment that is—
(a)
approved or conditionally approved as such by the [Food Standards Scotland] under [Article 148 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625] ; or
(b)
operating as such under Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004, pending such approval;
“EU TSE Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies , as read with—
(b)
Commission Decision 2007/453/EC establishing the BSE status of Member States or third countries or regions thereof according to their BSE risk ; and
(c)
Commission Decision 2009/719/EC authorising certain Member States to revise their annual BSE monitoring programmes ;
“inspector” means an inspector appointed under regulation 12, and “veterinary inspector” means a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Scottish Ministers as an inspector;
“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ;
“offal” has the meaning given to it in point 1.11 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 (definitions);
“premises” includes—
(a)
domestic premises if they are being used for any purpose in connection with the EU TSE Regulation or these Regulations;
(b)
land and outbuildings;
(e)
a place that is, for the purposes of point 4.1(a) of Annex V to the EU TSE Regulation (removal of specified risk material), an other place of slaughter; and
(f)
any vehicle, container or structure (moveable or otherwise);
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“Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004” means Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin, as read with—
(a)
Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing certain directives concerning food hygiene and health conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption and amending Council Directives 89/662/EEC and 92/118/EEC and Council Decision 95/408/EC;
[“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 feed and food law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products ]
[“Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009” means Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) [, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 2017/625];
“Regulation (EU) No 142/2011” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by‑products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive ...;]
“slaughterhouse” has the meaning given to it in point 1.16 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 (definitions), and is an establishment that is—
(a)
approved or conditionally approved as such by the [Food Standards Scotland] under [Article 148 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625]; or
(b)
operating as such under Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 (registration and approval of establishments) pending such approval;
“suspect animal” means an animal suspected of having a TSE;
“TSE” means transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; and
“TSE susceptible” means capable of having a TSE.
(2) Expressions defined in the EU TSE Regulation and not defined in these Regulations have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have for the purposes of the EU TSE Regulation.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to anything done in writing or produced in written form includes a reference to an electronic communication, as defined in the Electronic Communications Act 2000 , which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced.
(4) References in these Regulations to the EU instruments identified in Schedule 1 are references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
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