The Charges for Inspections and Controls Regulations 1997

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “animal” means any—

  (a)

  bovine animal;

  (b)

  swine;

  (c)

  soliped;

  (d)

  sheep;

  (e)

  goat;

  (f)

  poultry;

  (g)

  game; or

  (h)

  wild game;

• “brown trout” means any fish of the species Salmo trutta (L.) which has spent all of its life in fresh water;

• “carcase” means the whole body of a slaughtered animal after bleeding and dressing;

• “eggs” has the same meaning as in Article 1(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs(1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 818/96(2);

• “egg packing centre” means an undertaking authorised by the Minister to grade eggs by quality and weight under the provisions of the Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1995(3) and the aforementioned Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90;

• “fish” means salmon, brown trout and rainbow trout;

• “game” means—

  (a)

  wild land mammals which are reared and slaughtered in captivity, excluding—

  (i)

  mammals of the family Leporidae, and

  (ii)

  wild land mammals living within an enclosed territory under conditions of freedom similar to those enjoyed by wild game;

  (b)

  birds (including ratites but excluding poultry) which are not generally considered to be domestic but which are bred, reared and slaughtered in captivity; and

  (c)

  domestic rabbits;

• “milk” means cows' milk;

• “the Minister” means—

  (a)

  in relation to England and Wales, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the Secretary of State; or

  (b)

  in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State;

• “poultry” means domestic fowls, turkeys, guinea fowls, ducks and geese;

• “producer” means a person who produces milk in Great Britain and sells it by way of business;

• “product of animal origin” means—

  (a)

  milk; and

  (b)

  eggs;

• “rainbow trout” means fish of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss;

• “salmon” means fish of the species Salmo salar (L.);

• “wild game” means—

  (a)

  wild land mammals which are hunted (including wild land mammals living within an enclosed area under conditions of freedom similar to those they would enjoy if they were living in the wild); and

  (b)

  wild birds.

(2) In these Regulations, any reference to—

(a) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation in which the reference appears;

(b) the Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations.

(1)

OJ No. L173, 6.7.90, p.5.

(2)

OJ No. L111, 4.5.96, p.1.

(3)

S.I. 1995/1544, amended by S.I. 1996/1725 and S.I. 1997/1414.