The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Wales) Order 2024

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

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

“approved laboratory” (“labordy cymeradwy”) means a laboratory approved by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with article 8;

“approved veterinary surgeon” (“milfeddyg cymeradwy”) means a veterinary surgeon approved by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with article 7;

“bovine animal” (“anifail buchol”) means a domestic animal of the genus Bos or the species Bubalus bubalis or Bison bison;

“bovine herd” (“buches”) means a group of two or more bovine animals;

“BVD” (“BVD”) means bovine viral diarrhoea;

“BVDV” (“feirws BVD”) means BVD virus;

“calf” (“llo”) means a bovine animal aged 18 months or less;

“collective BVD status” (“statws BVD ar y cyd”) means the BVD status of a bovine herd as determined in accordance with article 20;

“CPH number” (“rhif CPH”) means the county parish holding number assigned to a holding or part of a holding by the Welsh Ministers;

“holding” (“daliad”) means a holding or part of a holding to which a CPH number has been assigned;

“individual BVD status” (“statws BVD unigol”) means the BVD status of an individual bovine animal as determined in accordance with article 19;

“inspector” (“arolgydd”) has the same meaning as in section 89 of the Act;

“keeper” (“ceidwad”) means the person who is in day-to-day charge of a bovine animal, and that person remains the keeper where the animal is placed temporarily in the control of another person (including where it is placed in the control of a transporter);

“management tag” (“tag rheoli”) means an ear tag, other than an official ear tag, which is suitable to be applied to a bovine animal for the purpose of taking a sample of tissue;

“official ear tag” (“tag clust swyddogol”) means an ear tag applied under the Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007(1);

“official ear tag number” (“rhif tag clust swyddogol”) means the number which is printed on an official ear tag;

“premises” (“mangre”) means any land, building or vehicle, of any description;

“veterinary inspector” (“arolgydd milfeddygol”) has the same meaning as in section 89 of the Act;

“working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day specified as a bank holiday in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(2).

(1)

S.I. 2007/842 (W. 74), as amended by S.I. 2019/92 (W. 24).

(2)

1971 c. 80.