The Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Interpretation E+W

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Animal Health Act 1981 M1 ;

“avian influenza” (“ffliw adar”) means an infection of poultry or other captive birds caused by any influenza A virus of the subtypes H5 or H7 or with an intravenous pathogenicity index in six week old chickens greater than 1.2;

“disinfect” (“diheintio”) means disinfect with a disinfectant approved by the National Assembly under the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978 M2 for use under the Diseases of Poultry Order M3 ;

“inspector” (“arolygydd”) means an inspector appointed by the National Assembly or by a local authority for the purposes of these Regulations or under the Act and, unless the context otherwise requires, includes a veterinary inspector;

“keeper” (“ceidwad”) means the person with day to day responsibility for poultry or other captive birds at any premises;

“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means in relation to an area the county council or county borough council for that area;

“National Assembly” (“Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

“occupier” (“meddiannydd”) means, in relation to any premises, the person in charge of those premises;

“other captive bird” (“aderyn caeth arall”) means any bird kept in captivity which is not poultry and includes a pet bird and any bird kept for shows, races, exhibitions, competitions, breeding or for sale;

“poultry” (“dofednod”) means all birds that are reared or kept in captivity for the production of meat or eggs for consumption, the production of other commercial products, for restocking supplies of game or for the purposes of any breeding programme for the production of these categories of birds;

“premises” (“mangre”) includes any land, building or place;

“vaccinate” (“brechu”) means treat poultry or other captive birds with vaccine against avian influenza;

“vehicle” (“cerbyd”) includes—

(a)

a trailer, semi-trailer or other thing designed or adapted to be towed by another vehicle;

(b)

a detachable part of any vehicle; and

(c)

a container or other structure designed or adapted to be carried on a vehicle;

“veterinary inspector” (“arolygydd milfeddygol”) means a person appointed as such by the National Assembly for the purposes of these Regulations or under the Act;

“zoo” (“sw”) means either—

(i)

a permanent establishment where animals of wild species are kept for exhibition to the public for seven or more days a year, with the exception of circuses and pet shops; or

(ii)

an approved body, institute or centre, as defined in point (c) of Article 2(1) of Council Directive 92/65 EC laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the [F1 European Union] of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC M4 , as last amended by Council Directive 2004/68/EC M5 .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Regulations substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 8-10

Marginal Citations

M1 1981, c 22; as amended by the Animal Health Act 2002 (c. 42), S.I. 1992/3293 and S.I. 2003/1734. Other amendments are not relevant to these Regulations.

M2 S.I. 1978/32, amended by S.I. 2005/583 (W.49) and S.I. 2006/1762 (W.184). Other amending instruments are not relevant to these Regulations.

M3 The Diseases of Poultry Order is defined in S.I. 1978/32 as the Diseases of Poultry (Wales) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1079 (W.148)) and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1762 (W.184)).

M4 OJ No L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54.

M5 OJ No L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 321; see the corrected text as set out in the corrigendum to the Directive published in OJ No L 226, 25.6.2004, p.128.