Interpretation2.

(1)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

“BSE” means the disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy;

“the BSE (No. 2) Order” means the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 19962;

“bovine animal” includes buffalo of the species Bubalus bubalis and Bison bison;

“the Commission Decisions” means–

(a)

Commission Decision 2000/764/EC3 on the testing of bovine animals for the presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and amending Decision 98/272/EC4 on epidemio-surveillance for transmissible encephalopathies; and

(b)

Commission Decision 2001/233/EC5 amending Decision 2000/418/EC6 as regards mechanically recovered meat and bovine vertebral column;

“inspector” means–

(a)

a person appointed as such for the purposes of these Regulations by the Scottish Ministers, including a veterinary inspector; and

(b)

a person appointed as such for the purposes of these Regulations by a local authority in relation to its enforcement responsibilities under these Regulations;

“justice of the peace” means a full justice as defined by section 9 of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 19757;
“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19948;

“notifiable bovine animal” means a bovine animal over 30 months of age which–

(a)

dies on any farm or in transit; or

(b)

has been killed otherwise than for human consumption;

“premises” means any place (including any structure or vehicle) in which bovine animals may be bred, handled, held, kept, marketed or shown to the public, and, except for regulations 4(1) and (2), includes any such place occupied as a private dwelling; and

“veterinary inspector” means a veterinary inspector appointed for the purposes of these Regulations by the Scottish Ministers.

(2)

Expressions in these Regulations which are not defined in paragraph (1) above and which appear in the Commission Decisions have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have for the purposes of the Commission Decision in which they appear.

(3)

Any person appointed by the Scottish Ministers or a local authority to be an inspector for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 19819 shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Scottish Ministers or that authority to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations.