The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

• In these Regulations—

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

• “horse” means an animal of the equine or asinine species or crossbreeds of those species, but does not include zebras.

• “recognised organisation” means an organisation or association which—

  1. i

     maintains or establishes a stud book in which horses are entered or registered; and

  2. ii

     has been recognised for this purpose under regulation 3.

• “stud book” means any book, register, file or data medium—

  1. i

     which is maintained by a recognised organisation; and

  2. ii

     in which horses are entered or registered with mention of all their known ancestors.

Expressions that are not defined in these Regulations and occur in Commission Decision 92/353/EEC4 or Commission Decision 96/78/EC5 have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have for the purposes of those Decisions.