European Communities (Fees For Health Inspections and Controls of Fresh Meat) Regulations, 2004
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Fees for Health Inspections and Controls of Fresh Meat) Regulations 2004.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations—
“abattoir” has the meaning assigned to it by the Abattoirs Act 1988 (No. 8 of 1988);
“abattoir licence” has the meaning assigned to it by the Abattoirs Act 1988 ;
“animal” means an animal to which the Council Directive applies;
“approved cold store” means an establishment approved by the Minister under regulation 4 of the Fresh Meat Regulations or regulation 4 of the Fresh Poultrymeat Regulations as a cold store;
“approved cutting plant” means an establishment approved by the Minister under regulation 4 of the Fresh Meat Regulations or regulation 4 of the Fresh Poultrymeat Regulations as a cutting plant;
“approved farmed game meat establishment” means an establishment approved by the Minister under regulation 8 of the Rabbit Meat and Farmed Game Meat Regulations.
“approved meat production plant” means an establishment approved or registered by the Minister under—
(a) regulation 4 or 14 of the Meat Product Regulations, or
(b) regulation 4, 7 or 8 of the Minced Meat Regulations;
“approved meat slaughterhouse” means a premises registered in a register of slaughtering premises within the meaning of the Agricultural Production (Fresh Meat) Act 1930 (No. 10 of 1930);
“approved poultry slaughterhouse” means an establishment approved by the Minister under regulation 4 of the Fresh Poultrymeat Regulations as a slaughterhouse;
“approved rabbit meat slaughterhouse” means an establishment approved by the Minister under regulation 4 of the Rabbit Meat and Farmed Game Meat Regulations;
“approved wild game establishment” means an establishment approved by the Minister under regulation 4 of the Wild Game Regulations as a wild game processing house;
“authorised officer” means a person appointed as an authorised officer under regulation 14(1);
“Council Directive” means Council Directive 85/73/EEC of 29 January 1985 as amended by Council Directive 96/43/EC of 26 June 1996 and Council Directive 97/79/EC of 18 December 1997;
“Fresh Meat Regulations” means the European Communities (Fresh Meat) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 434 of 1997 );
“Fresh Poultrymeat Regulations” means the European Communities (Fresh Poultrymeat) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 3 of 1996 );
“inspector” means—
(a) a veterinary examiner within the meaning of the Meat Products Regulations or the Minced Meat Regulations;
(b) an auxiliary or official veterinarian within the meaning of the Fresh Poultrymeat Regulations, the Rabbit Meat and Farmed Game Meat Regulations or the Wild Game Regulations, or
(c) an assistant, veterinary examiner or veterinary inspector within the meaning of the Fresh Meat Regulations;
and, in regulation 14, includes an inspector within the meaning of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966).
“invoice” has the meaning assigned to it by the European Communities (Late Payments in Commercial Transaction) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 388 of 2002 );
“meat” includes bovine meat, sheep meat, pig meat, poultry meat, rabbit meat, farmed game meat and wild game meat;
“Meat Products Regulations” means the European Communities (Meat Products and other Products of Animal Origin) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 126 of 1995 );
“Minced Meat Regulations” means the European Communities (Minced Meat and Meat Preparations) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 243 of 1996 );
“Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture and Food;
“occupier”, in relation to an establishment or premises, however described, means—
(a) the holder of the exporter's licence under section 12, or a permit under section 17, of the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act 1930 , (No. 10 of 1930);
(b) the holder of a licence under section 24 of the Pigs and Bacon Act 1935 (No. 24 of 1935),
(c) the holder of an approval under regulation 4 of the Fresh Poultrymeat Regulations, regulation 4 or 14 of the Meat Product Regulations or regulation 4, 7 or 8 of the Minced Meat Regulations,
(d) the holder of an approval for a cold store or cutting plant under regulation 4 of the Fresh Meat Regulations,
(e) the holder of an approval under regulation 4 or 8 of the Rabbit Meat and Farmed Game Meat Regulations,
(f) the holder of an approval under regulation 4 of the Wild Game Regulations,
in relation to that establishment or premises;
“poultry” means broilers, hens, turkeys, ducks, geese or guinea fowl;
“Rabbit Meat and Farmed Game Meat Regulations” means the European Communities (Rabbit Meat and Farmed Game Meat) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 278 of 1995 );
“real inspection costs”, in relation to an establishment or premises, means the costs incurred by the Minister in the provision of the veterinary controls and inspections referred to in Chapter I of Annex A to the Council Directive in relation to the establishment or premises, and includes any costs of administration incurred by the Minister in the provision of those controls and inspections;
“Wild Game Regulations” means the European Communities (Wild Game) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 298 of 1995 );
(2) A word or expression used in these Regulations that is also used in the Council Directive has, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning in these Regulations that it has in the Council Directive.
(3) In these Regulations—
(a) a reference to a regulation is a reference to a regulation in these Regulations, unless it is indicated that a reference to some other Regulations is intended,
(b) a reference to a paragraph or subparagraph is a reference to a paragraph of the regulation, or subparagraph of the paragraph, in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that a reference to some other provision is intended, and