The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-And-Mouth Disease) Regulations 2001

Interpretation E+N.I.

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

• “the Decision" means Commission Decision 2001/172/EC of 1st March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2001/145/EC M1 ;

• “export" means export outside the British Islands;

• “inspector" means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Minister (in England), or the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (in Northern Ireland) or a local authority, and includes a veterinary inspector;

• “local authority" means—

  (a)

  in any part of England where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 M2 , a unitary authority for that local government area, that authority;

  (b)

  in any part of England where there is not a unitary authority—

  (i)

  in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;

  (ii)

  in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county;

  (iii)

  in each London borough (except in relation to imported animals) the council of that borough; or

  (iv)

  in the City of London, and for all London boroughs in relation to imported animals, the Common Council;

• “meat products" means meat products as defined in Article 2 of Council Directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin M3 ;

• “Minister" means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

• “milk" and “milk products" have the meaning given in Article 2 of Council Directive 92/46/EC (laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products M4 );

• “veterinary inspector" means a person appointed as a veterinary inspector by the Minister (in England), or the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (in Northern Ireland).

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ No. L62, 2.3.2001. p. 22.

M2 S.I. 1994/867.

M3 OJ No. L26, 31.1.1977, p. 85 as last amended by Directive 92/45/EEC (OJ No. L268, 14.9.1992, p. 35).

M4 OJ No. L268, 14.9.92, p. 1 as last amended by Council Directive 94/71/EC (OJ No. L368, 31.12.94, p. 33.