The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014

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means a landfill in England in relation to which a permit issued under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 subsists.

means any invertebrate or vertebrate animal except man;

means— (a) entire bodies or parts of bodies of animals;

means—

means a plant for the processing or disposal of animal by-products approved in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) 1069/2009;

includes a limited liability partnership;

means the body of a dead animal or any part of a body of a dead animal other than a sample taken from such a body;

means the Chief Veterinary Officer for England, Scotland or Wales dependent upon where disease is present;

means premises that are designated as contact premises under regulation 8(1);

means— (a) a protection zone declared by the Secretary of State, (b) a surveillance zone declared by the Secretary of State, or (c) a Restricted Zone;

means Council Directive 2001/89/EC on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever as amended from time to time;

means Council Directive 2002/60/EC laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever as amended from time to time;

means Council Directive 92/119/EEC introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease as amended from time to time;

means products obtained from one or more treatments, transformations or steps of processing animal by-products;

means a slaughterhouse designated by the appropriate authority under the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 2008, the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Scotland) Order 2008 or the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Wales) Regulations 2008;

refers to the Diagnostic Manual contained in— (a) Commission Decision 2000/428/EC establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for the evaluation of the results of laboratory tests for the confirmation and differential diagnosis of swine vesicular disease, (b) Commission Decision 2002/106/EC approving a Diagnostic Manual establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for evaluation of the laboratory tests for the confirmation of classical swine fever, (c) Commission Decision 2003/422/EC approving an African swine fever Diagnostic Manual;

means an emergency vaccination zone declared under regulation 29;

means any non-captive pig which is living in the wild;

means a feral pig control zone declared under regulation 21;

means a feral pig investigation zone declared under regulation 20;

means meat that has not undergone any preserving process other than chilling, freezing or quick-freezing and includes meat that is vacuum wrapped or wrapped in a controlled atmosphere;

means semen, oocytes and embryos obtained from pigs intended for artificial reproduction;

means premises that have been designated as infected premises under regulation 10 or regulation 10A;

means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 by an appropriate authority or by a local authority, and, when used in relation to an officer of the appropriate authority, includes a veterinary inspector;

means testing for African swine fever in accordance with sections F and G of Chapter IV of the Diagnostic Manual.

means any person who owns or is responsible for a pig, whether on a permanent or temporary basis;

means— (a) a veterinary inspector;

means any hoofed animals other than equidae;

means— (a) in England— (a) where there is an authority which is the sole principal council for its local government area (“a unitary authority”), that authority;

has the meaning given by the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006;

means a motorway or an A road.

means a vaccine which results in a clear differentiation between a vaccinated pig and a diseased pig;

means any part of a carcase intended for human consumption, and includes products resulting from— (a) the processing of any part of such a carcase;

means— (a) processed products, including treated stomachs, bladders, intestines, resulting from the processing of meat, or from the further processing of such processed products, so that the cut surface shows that the product no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat;

means any animal that is not a pig, but does not include any non-food-producing animal belonging to a species fed, bred or kept, but not normally intended for human consumption, in the United Kingdom, except for equines;

means any person having day-to-day responsibility for the premises or for any pigs on the premises;

includes a person purporting to act as a partner.

includes a Scottish partnership, but does not include a limited liability partnership.

means any animal of the Suidae family;

means an occasion at which pigs are gathered for one or more of the following purposes—

means— (a) products of animal origin obtained from pigs;

includes any land, building or other place;

means products obtained from animals for human consumption;

means the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 2008;

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means a protection zone declared under regulation 23;

means Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation);

means— (a) a protection zone declared by the Secretary of State;

means disease which, or suspicion of which, resulted in the declaration of the controlled zone.

means premises in a controlled zone on which pigs are kept.

means a restricted zone 1, a restricted zone 2 or a restricted zone 3;

means a restricted zone 1 declared under regulation 27A;

means a restricted zone 2 declared under regulation 27A;

means a restricted zone 3 declared under regulation 27A;

means commodities that can be moved without the need for risk mitigation measures specifically directed against disease regardless of the zone of origin.

means a pig introduced to infected premises after cleansing and disinfection in accordance with regulation 18 for surveillance purposes;

means a pig identified as having antibodies against swine vesicular disease, African swine fever or classical swine fever;

means a surveillance zone declared under regulation 23;

means premises that are designated as suspect premises under regulation 7(2);

means a temporary control zone declared under regulation 9;

means—

means ticks of the species Ornithodorus erraticus or any other tick or insect species specified by the appropriate authority;

means a veterinary inspector appointed by an appropriate authority for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981.

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