InterpretationI12
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In these Regulations—
“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
“the Directive” means Council Directive 2005/94/EC on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC3;
“disinfect” means disinfect with a disinfectant approved by the Department under the Diseases of Animals (Approval of Disinfectants) Order (Northern Ireland) 19724 for the purposes of avian influenza;
“emergency vaccination notice” has the meaning given by regulation 6(1)(b);
“emergency vaccination plan” has the same meaning as it has in Article 53 of the Directive;
“emergency vaccination zone” has the meaning given by regulation 6(1)(a);
“general licence” means a licence granted under these Regulations, which applies to all persons or any class of persons specified therein;
“inspector” means a person appointed by the Department to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations;
“the1981 Order” means the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 19815;
“premises” includes any land, building or place;
“preventive vaccination notice” has the meaning given by regulation 7(1)(b)(ii);
“preventive vaccination plan” has the same meaning as it has in Article 56 of the Directive;
“preventive vaccination zone” has the meaning given by regulation 7(1)(b)(i);
“slaughterhouse” means an establishment used for slaughtering poultry, the meat of which is intended for human consumption;
“specific licence” means a licence granted under these Regulations, which only applies to the applicant therefor;
“vaccination licence” has the meaning given by regulation 7(1)(a);
“vaccination notice” means either an emergency vaccination notice or a preventive vaccination notice;
“vaccination plan” means either an emergency vaccination plan or a preventive vaccination plan;
“vaccination zone” means either an emergency vaccination zone or a preventive vaccination zone.
2
Expressions that are not defined in these Regulations and occur in the Directive have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have for the purposes of the Directive.
3
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19546 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.