The Poultrymeat (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;

“authorised officer” means any person who has written authority from an enforcement authority to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

“Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultrymeat, as amended from time to time;

“computer equipment” means any computer, and any associated electronic storage device or apparatus;

“contravene” includes fail to comply, and contravention is to be construed accordingly;

“cutting plant” means an establishment used for boning and/or cutting up meat;

“enforcement authority” means an authority exercising a function conferred on it by regulation 8;

“European poultrymeat provision” means a provision of the Single CMO Regulation or the Commission Regulation specified in column 1 of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1, as read with any provision mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2 of Part 1 or 2 of that Schedule;

“food authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(1);

“poultrymeat” has the meaning given by point II(1) of Part B of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation;

“premises” means any place, including those requiring inspection under Article 12(5)(a) to (d) of the Commission Regulation, and any vehicle, trailer, stall or moveable structure;

“relevant individual” means—

(a)

in relation to a body corporate—

(i)

a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body;

(ii)

where the affairs of the body are managed by its members, a member;

(b)

in relation to a Scottish partnership, a partner;

(c)

in relation to an unincorporated association other than a Scottish partnership, a person who is concerned in the management or control of the association; and

“Single CMO Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation).

(2) In these Regulations, any reference to Part B of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation is a reference to Part B of Annex XIV as amended from time to time.

(3) Any expressions used in these Regulations to which meanings are given in either the Single CMO Regulations or the Commission Regulation have the same meaning as in those EU Regulations.

(1)

1994 c.39, as amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c.25), schedule 22, paragraph 232(1).