The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-And-Mouth Disease) (Wales) (No. 6) Regulations 2001

Interpretation E+W

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

• “the Decision” means Commission Decision 2001/356/EC M1 of 4 May 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Commission Decision 2001/172/EC M2 .

• “export” means export outside the British Islands;

• “inspector” means a person appointed by the National Assembly, the Minister or a local authority to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations, the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 M3 or the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996 M4 and includes a veterinary inspector;

• “HACCP” means Hazard Analysis at Critical Control Points, which is a system in which the critical points of the manufacturing process have been identified, assessments have been made of the potential risks at those points, and necessary steps have been taken to minimise those risks;

• “local authority” means a county council or a county borough council in Wales;

• “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 M5 );

• “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 M6 );

• “National Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales;

• “veterinary inspector” means a person appointed as a veterinary inspector by the Minister.

(2) Any reference in these Regulations to an instrument of the European Community is to that instrument as amended at the time these Regulations are made.

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ L302, 19.10.1989, p.11.

M2 1996/3124

M3 OJ No. L224, 18.8.90, p. 42.

M4 SR&O 1962 No.209 as amended by SR2001 No. 82

M5 S.I.2000/1673.

M6 S. I. 2001/1500 (W.103).