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The Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries (England) Order 2007

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2.  In this Order—

approved laboratory” means a laboratory approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;

breeding flock” means a flock kept for the production of eggs intended for incubation;

building” includes a shed and any part of a building that has its own ventilation system and is separated from other parts of the building by a solid partition;

chick” means a bird less than 72 hours old that has not been fed;

flock” means poultry of the same health status kept on the same holding or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit and, in the case of housed poultry, includes all birds sharing the same airspace;

layer breeder” means poultry kept for the production of eggs intended for the incubation and hatching of chicks—

(a)

that will be grown to produce eggs for human consumption, or

(b)

whose progeny will be grown to produce eggs for human consumption;

meat breeder” means poultry kept for the production of eggs intended for the incubation and hatching of chicks—

(a)

that will be grown to produce meat for human consumption, or

(b)

whose progeny will be grown to produce meat for human consumption;

occupier” means, in relation to any hatchery or holding, the person in charge of the hatchery or holding;

poultry” means domestic fowls, turkeys, geese and ducks.

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