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2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“animal” means any mammal;
“disease” means any of the following: Classical Swine Fever; African Swine Fever; Swine Vesicular Disease; Rinderpest; Peste des Petits Ruminants; Newcastle Disease;
“disease legislation” means any of the legislation listed in Schedule 1;
“the Diseases of Poultry Order” means the Diseases of Poultry Order (Northern Ireland) 1983(1);
“establishment” means a slaughterhouse or a game handling establishment;
“game handling establishment” means an establishment where the preparation of wild game carcases takes place;
“inspector” means, a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Department;
“meat” means any part of the carcase of either an animal or poultry intended for human consumption, and includes a product resulting from the processing of meat from that animal or poultry or a product resulting from the further processing of such processed meat product;
“Newcastle disease” means an infection caused by any avian strain of the paramyxovirus 1 with an intracerebral pathogenicity index in day-old chicks greater than 0.7;
“occupier” means, in relation to any premises or establishments, the occupier of those premises or establishments;
“poultry” means all species of poultry 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” means any land, building or place in business use, other than a slaughterhouse or game handling establishment;
“product” means a product resulting from the processing of untreated meat or from the further processing of such processed meat product;
“relevant date” means the date disease was confirmed at infected premises or an establishment or the date of earliest infection where the Department specifies such a date;
“slaughter” means killing for the production of food for human consumption but does not include killing wild game;
“slaughterhouse” means premises for the slaughter of any animal or poultry and includes any part of those premises used for the preparation of meat;
“supply” means supply to the final consumer or to a person who then supplies to the final consumer and includes consignment for sale;
“treated” means—
in relation to meat from a restricted animal, subjected to the treatment listed in column (1) of the table in Schedule 2 opposite the reference in column (2) to the disease which triggered the restrictions in question;
in relation to meat from disease restricted poultry, subjected to the treatment listed in column (1) of row (b) of the table in Schedule 2;
in relation to meat from a restricted animal, treated in accordance with Schedules 5 and 6 of the Foot and Mouth Disease Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(2);
and “untreated” must be construed accordingly;
“treatment centre” means premises designated under regulation 5 for the purpose of subjecting meat to a treatment listed in Schedule 2;
“vehicle” includes—
a trailer, semi-trailer or other thing designed or adapted to be towed by another vehicle;
a detachable part of any vehicle;
a container or other structure designed or adapted to be carried on a vehicle.
“wild game” means a wild animal which is hunted for human consumption.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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