{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aujeszkys-disease-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aujeszkys-disease-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/66",
  "legislation_title": "Aujeszky’s Disease Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aujeszkys-disease-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Scheme:\n“authorised officer” means an inspector or veterinary inspector who is authorised by the Department to exercise powers under this Scheme;\n“authorised person” means slaughterhouse staff authorised by the Department to carry out specific sampling in respect of pigs;\n“designated laboratory” means a laboratory designated by the Department for the purposes of testing Aujeszky’s Disease samples;\n“group” means an epidemiological unit;\n“holding” means premises registered with the Department as required by the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012;\n“keeper” means any person having care and control of pigs, whether on a temporary or permanent basis, but does not include a person who only transports pigs;\n“the Order” means the Aujeszky’s Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 2012;\n“samples” means samples taken from a pig or carcase;\n“vaccinated” means vaccinated against Aujeszky’s Disease;\n(2) Other expressions in this Scheme which are also used in the Order shall have the same meaning as in the Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2012 No. 67"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 2012 No. 65"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/66/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:17:29.223781+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}