PART 1General provisions

Interpretation2.

(1)

In these Regulations—

“bovine animal” includes bison and buffalo (including water buffalo);

“BSE” means bovine spongiform encephalopathy;

“cattle passport” has the same meaning as in the Cattle Identification Regulations 19984;
“Community TSE Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies5, as amended by, and as read with the instruments set out in Schedule 1;

“inspector” means an inspector appointed under regulation 16, and “veterinary inspector” means a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Secretary of State as an inspector;

“local authority” means—

(a)

where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 19946, a unitary authority, that authority;

(b)

where there is not a unitary authority—

  1. (i)

    in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;

  2. (ii)

    in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county or the council of a district within the county area;

  3. (iii)

    in each London borough, the council of that borough; or

(c)

in the City of London, the Common Council;

“slaughterhouse” and “cutting plant” mean premises—

(a)

approved or conditionally approved as such by the Food Standards Agency under Article 31(2) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules7; or

(b)

operating under Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin8 pending such approval;

“TSE” means transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.

(2)

Expressions that are not defined in these Regulations and occur in the Community TSE Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have for the purposes of the Community TSE Regulation.