European Communities (Fresh Poultrymeat) Regulations, 1996.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Fresh Poultrymeat) Regulations, 1996.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the eighth day of January, 1996.
2 Interpretation.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires—
"authorised officer" means a person authorised in writing by the Minister to exercise for the purposes of these Regulations and the Council Directive the powers conferred on an authorised officer by these Regulations;
"auxiliary" means an officer or servant appointed by the Minister who may assist the official veterinarian in the performance of his duties under these Regulations and has the meaning assigned in the Council Directive;
"certificate" means a veterinary certificate or any other document issued by an official veterinarian and has the meaning and form assigned to it in the Council Directive;
"commercial document" has the meaning assigned to it in the Council Directive:
"consumer" means a person who buys fresh poultrymeat—
( a ) for his own consumption;
( b ) for consumption on premises either in his ownership or under his personal supervision or in the ownership or under the personal supervision of a person employed by him; or
( c ) for cooking on premises either in his ownership or under his personal supervision or in the ownership or under the personal supervision of a person employed by him for sale as take-away food for consumption off those premises;
"the Council Directive" means Council Directive No. 71/118/EEC as amended by Council Directive No. 92/116/EEC of 17 December 1992 and by Council Directive No. 94/65/EC of 14 December 1994;
"delayed eviscerated poultry" means poultry which is eviscerated within 15 days of slaughter, and meat and cuts therefrom;
"establishment" means a slaughterhouse, a cutting plant, a cold store, a rewrapping centre or a unit grouping together several such establishments;
"low-capacity cutting plant" means a cutting plant producing less than 3 tonnes of cut poultrymeat each week;
"Member State" means a Member State of the European Communities;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry;
"New York dressed poultry" means a poultry carcase which is not eviscerated immediately after slaughter and is sold in carcase form to the retailer or consumer;
"official veterinarian" means an authorised officer who is a registered veterinary surgeon and who is appointed by the Minister to discharge the functions of an official veterinarian as set down by these Regulations and by the Council Directive;
"poultry" means the species as defined in the Council Directive;
"premises" includes any land and any buildings, structures or private dwellings;
"sell" includes offer, expose or keep for sale, invite an offer to buy, barter, distribute (whether for reward or not) or otherwise place on the market and kindred words shall be construed accordingly;
"third country" means a country which is not a member of the European Communities;
"registered veterinary surgeon" means a person currently registered in the register established under the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1931 (No. 36 of 1931).
(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Council Directive has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Council Directive.
(3) In these Regulations—
( a ) a reference to a Regulation is to a Regulation of these Regulations, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended;