Article 2 InterpretationI1

In this Order—

• “2016 Order” means the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Eradication Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2016^f1;

• “approved laboratory” means a laboratory approved by the Department for the purposes of the 2016 Order;

• “associated herd” means a herd which in the opinion of a veterinary inspector is epidemiologically linked to another herd;

• “bovine” means any bovine animal including an animal of the species Bison bison or Bubalus bubalis;

• “BVD Negative Status” has the meaning given to it in paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the 2016 Order (Bovine status);

• “BVD unknown status bovine” means a bovine that—

  1. (a)

     has not been tested for BVDV at an approved laboratory, and

  2. (b)

     is more than 30 days old;

• “BVDV” means the bovine viral diarrhoea virus;

• “herd” means one or more bovines for which a keeper is responsible and to whom the Department has assigned a unique herd identification number;

• “holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, any place, in which animals are held, kept or handled;

• “inconclusive test result” means a test result from an approved laboratory following a sample taken in accordance with paragraph 3, 4, 5, 6 or 10 of the Schedule to the 2016 Order which is inconclusive for the presence of BVDV;

• “keeper” means a person responsible for a herd;

• “member”, in the expression “member State”, refers to membership of the European Union;

• “NIFAIS” means the Northern Ireland Food Animal Information System or its successor system operated by the Department;

• “Regulation (EU) 2016/429” means Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health^f2.