Interpretation U.K.

2.  —In these Regulations—

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“establishment” means any site at which 350 or more laying hens are kept;

“laying hens” means hens of the species Gallus gallus which have reached maturity and are kept for the production of eggs not intended for hatching;

“local authority” means—

(a)

in any part of England where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(1), a unitary authority for that local government area, that authority;

(b)

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; or

(iii)

in each London borough, the council of that borough;

(c)

in the City of London, the Common Council; and

“register” means the register of establishments maintained by the Secretary of State pursuant to regulation 3.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1033), regs. 1(1), 2(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.