In these Regulations—

• “the Decision” means Commission Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom3 and repealing Commission Decision 2007/552/EC4;

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

• “dispatch” means sent out of Northern Ireland to another member State by any means whatsoever;

• “inspector” means a person appointed by the Department to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations, the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 19815, the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20066 or the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19987 and includes a veterinary inspector;

• “HACCP” means Hazard Analysis at Critical Control Points, which is a system in which the critical points of the manufacturing process have been identified, assessments have been made of the potential risks at those points, and necessary steps have been taken to minimise those risks;

• “member State” means any member State of the European Union other than the United Kingdom and does not include the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands;

• “the Order” means the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19548 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.