The Avian Influenza (Vaccination) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Interpretation

2.—(1) 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/EEC(1);

“disinfect” means disinfect with a disinfectant approved by the Department under the Diseases of Animals (Approval of Disinfectants) Order (Northern Ireland) 1972(2) 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 1981(3);

“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) 1954(4) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(1)

O.J. No. L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16

(2)

S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No 16 as amended by S.R. 1975 No. 69, S.R. 1995 No. 467 and S.R. 2006 No. 42

(3)

S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Article 17 and S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Articles 19 to 22

(4)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)