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Article 2 Interpretation

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(1)

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, –

  • “the Act” means the Animal Health Act 1981;

  • “appropriate Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister, and in relation to Scotland or to Wales, the Secretary of State;

  • “authorised laboratory” means a laboratory authorised by the Minister in writing for the purposes of this Order;

  • “chicks” means poultry less than 72 hours old which have not been fed;

  • “chick box liner” means any material used to line a box or other container in which chicks are transported from a hatchery to any rearing premises; “hatchery” means any premises on which the eggs of poultry are incubated or hatched and from which chicks are sold or supplied;

  • “inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of the Act by the Minister or by a local authority and, when used in relation to an officer of the Minister, includes a veterinary inspector;

  • “laboratory” means any laboratory which has the necessary facilities and personnel for carrying out tests on samples mentioned in Part I of Schedule 2 in accordance with the provisions of Part II of that Schedule; “laying flock” means, except for the purposes of article 9, any flock of poultry consisting of –

    1. (a)

      not less than 25 birds which are kept for the production of eggs for human consumption (including birds which are being reared for that purpose); or

    2. (b)

      less than 25 birds any of the eggs of which are sold for human consumption;

    and, for the purposes of article 9, “laying flock” means a flock of poultry consisting of not less than 100 birds which are kept for the production of eggs for human consumption (excluding birds which are being reared for that purpose);

  • “the Laying Flocks Register” means the Register kept by the appropriate Minister under article 9(2);

  • “the Minister” and “the Ministry” means respectively the Minister and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

  • “poultry” means domestic fowls of any age;

  • “rearing premises” means any premises on which birds are being reared at any time for the production of eggs for human consumption;

  • “registered person” means a person whose name is entered in the Laying Flocks Register in respect of any premises;

  • “vermin” means rats, flies, mice or cockroaches;

  • “veterinary inspector” means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister.

(2)

After 1st June 1990 any reference in this Order to a laboratory shall be a reference to an authorised laboratory.

(3)

Any reference in this Order to a numbered article or Schedule is a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order.