2.—(1) In these Regulations –
“approval” and “authorisation” mean respectively an approval or authorisation granted by the Department under or for the purposes of these Regulations;
“the Community Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3rd October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption(1) as amended by and as read with –
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 808/2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption(2);
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 811/2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the intra-species recycling ban for fish, the burial and burning of animal by-products and certain transitional measures(3);
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 813/2003 on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the collection, transport and disposal of former foodstuffs(4);
Commission Decision 2003/320/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use in feed of used cooking oil(5);
Commission Decision 2003/321/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the processing standards for mammalian blood(6);
Commission Decision 2003/326/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the separation of Category 2 and Category 3 oleochemical plants(7);
Commission Decision 2003/327/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the low capacity incineration or co-incineration plants which do not incinerate or co-incinerate specified risk material or carcases containing them(8);
“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
“inspector” means a person appointed by the Department, or the Department of the Environment or a district council to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations;
“poultry” includes birds of all species including wild birds.
(2) In these Regulations references to –
(a)Category 1 material, Category 2 material and Category 3 material shall be taken to comprise the animal by-products referred to in Articles 4, 5 and 6 respectively of the Community Regulation; and
(b)a numbered processing method shall be taken to refer to the processing method so numbered in Annex V, Chapter III to the Community Regulation.
(3) Other expressions defined in the Community Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations.
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(9) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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