The Meat (Official Controls Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

means a period of less than a year determined by the Agency;

has the meaning given to it in Article 3 (30) of Regulation 2017/625;

means those official controls performed by the Agency— (a) pursuant to Regulation 2017/625, Regulation 2019/624 and Regulation 2019/627, at slaughterhouses, game-handling establishments and cutting plants, for the verification of compliance with the provisions of Regulation 853/2004 in so far as they apply in relation to meat of domestic ungulates, meat from poultry and lagomorphs, meat of farmed game and meat of wild game;

means an establishment which is used for boning and/or cutting up fresh meat for placing on the market and which is approved or conditionally approved under Article 148 of Regulation 2017/625;

has the meaning that it bears in Regulation 853/2004 and “cut up” shall be construed accordingly;

has the meaning given to it in point 1.2 of Annex I to Regulation 853/2004;

has the meaning given to it in Article 2.1(c) of Regulation 852/2004;

has the meaning given to it in point 1.6 of Annex I to Regulation 853/2004;

has the meaning given to it in Article 3.3 of Regulation 178/2002;

has the meaning given to it in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation 853/2004;

has the meaning that it bears in Regulation 853/2004;

has the meaning that it bears in Regulation 853/2004;

means any establishment in which game and game meat obtained after hunting are prepared for placing on the market and which is approved or conditionally approved under Article 148 of Regulation 2017/625;

means an official veterinarian, an official auxiliary or any other person appointed by the Agency for the purpose of performing controls;

has the meaning given to it in point 1.4 of Annex I to Regulation 853/2004;

has the meaning given to it in point 1.1 of Annex I to Regulation 853/2004;

has the meaning given to it in Article 3 (49) of Regulation 2017/625;

means the charge calculated in accordance with Schedule 2 and notified in accordance with regulation 3(1), (2) or (3);

has the meaning given to it in Article 3 (32) of Regulation 2017/625;

means a food business operator who is carrying on a food business at any premises, or his duly authorised representative;

has the meaning that it bears in point 3 of Section III of Annex III to Regulation 853/2004;

has the meaning given to it in Article 3.8 of Regulation 178/2002;

has the meaning given to it in point 1.3 of Annex I to Regulation 853/2004;

means any slaughterhouse, game–handling establishment, cutting plant, place that is outside the slaughterhouse for the purposes of Chapter VI of Section I of Annex III to Regulation 853/2004, farm or place of origin;

means an establishment used for slaughtering and dressing animals, the meat of which is intended for human consumption and which is approved or conditionally approved under Article 148 of Regulation 2017/625;

means the Food Standards Agency;

means, in relation to any establishment for any accounting period, the costs calculated in accordance with paragraphs 7 to 9 of Schedule 2;

means checking, by examination and provision of objective evidence;

has the meaning given to it in point 1.5 of AnnexI to Regulation 853/2004.