S.L. 549.38 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 549.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: "the Act" means the Environment Protection Act;

"the Community" means the Community established by the Treaty establishing the European Community; "import" means introduce into the Community;

"Principal Regulation" means Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/ 97* on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein; "Subsidiary Regulation" means Commission Regulation (EC) N0. 1808/2001 on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) † No. 338/97 on the protection of wild species of fauna and flora by regulating trade therein;

"Convention" means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Washington 1973);

"specimen" shall bear the definition used in the Principal Regulation and shall also include any species, whether alive or dead, any part or derivative thereof, as well as any goods which appear from an accompanying document, the packaging, mark or label or from other circumstances to be or to contain parts or derivatives of animals or plants of those species the import, export, re-export whereof or the possession thereof is prohibited, restricted or controlled in accordance with the provisions of regulation 6.

(2) For the purposes of these regulations, references to a permit or certificate are references to any of the following:

(a) an import permit of the kind referred to in Article 4 of the Principal Regulation;

(b) an export permit or re-export certificate of the kind referred to in Article 5 of the Principal Regulation;

(c) a certificate of any of the kinds referred in Article 10 of the Principal Regulation;

(d) a certificate of the kind referred to in Article 18 of the Subsidiary Regulation;

(e) a label of the kind referred to in Article 7(4) of the

*OJ No. L 61, 3.3.1997, p.1 †OJ No. L250, 19.9.2001, p.1 Principal Regulation;

(f) in so far as, in accordance with Article 43 of the Subsidiary Regulation, reliance may be placed on a permit or certificate issued under Council Regulation

(EEC) No. 3626/82* and Commission Regulation †

(EEC) No. 3418/83 .

(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used in these regulations and which are also used in the Principal or Subsidiary Regulations, shall have the meaning they bear in those Regulations.