Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “animal by-product” means—

  1. (a)

     animal by-product as defined in the Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993^f1; or

  2. (b)

     specified risk material as defined in the Specified Risk Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997^f2;

• “fluid” includes any liquid, and any property of, or any organism or substance contained in, any liquid;

• “ruminant related fluid” means fluid arising in relation to the rendering of ruminant animal by-products from premises at which such rendering is carried out and includes fluid a constituent part of which is ruminant related fluid;

• “rendering” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993; and

• “underground strata” and “waterway” have the same meaning as for the purposes of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999^f3.