Article 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

1. 1..

   the definitions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 F1other than the definitions of ‘appropriate authority’ and ‘third country’;

2. 2..

   the definitions laid down in Directive 2003/99/EC; and

3. 3..

   the following definitions:

   1. (a)

      ‘herd’ means an animal or group of animals kept on a holding as an epidemiological unit; F2...

   2. (b)

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

   3. (c)

      F3‘the appropriate authority’ has the meaning given by Article 2A;

   4. (d)

      ‘constituent territory’ means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be;

   5. (e)

      ‘third country’ means a country or territory outside the British Islands.