Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “carcase” means a carcase or part of a carcase of a pig;

• “the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

• “infected premises” means any premises declared as such by the Department under Part III;

• “inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Department and includes a veterinary inspector;

• “livestock” means hoofed animals other than horses;

• “the Order” means the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^f1;

• “pig” means any animal of the suidae family;

• “premises” includes any place

• “sentinel pig” means a pig that does not have antibodies to the swine vesicular disease virus when first introduced or retained at the premises and is used for surveillance for the swine vesicular disease virus;

• “seropositive pig” means a pig that is not a restricted pig but is required by the Department to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse due to antibodies against swine vesicular disease virus being identified in that pig;

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.