Interpretation of Section 6.8
In this Section–
“animal” includes a bird or a fish;
“exempt activity” means–
any activity carried out in a farm or agricultural holding other than the manufacture of goods for sale;
the manufacture or preparation of food or drink for human consumption but excluding–
the extraction, distillation or purification of animal or vegetable oil or fat otherwise than as a activity incidental to the cooking of food for human consumption;
any activity involving the use of green offal or the boiling of blood except the cooking of food (other than tripe) for human consumption;
the cooking of tripe for human consumption elsewhere than on premises on which it is to be consumed;
the fleshing, cleaning and drying of pelts of fur-bearing mammals;
any activity carried on in connection with the operation of a knacker’s yard, as defined in the Animal By-Products Order (Northern Ireland) 2002(1);
any activity for the manufacture of soap not falling within Part A of Section 4.1;
the storage of vegetable matter not falling within any other Section of this Schedule;
the cleaning of shellfish shells;
the manufacture of starch;
the processing of animal or vegetable matter at premises for feeding a recognised pack of hounds registered under the Animal By-Products Order (Northern Ireland) 2002;
the salting of hides or skins, unless related to any other activity listed in this Schedule;
any activity for composting animal or vegetable matter or a combination of both, except where that activity is carried on for the purposes of cultivating mushrooms;
any activity for cleaning, and any related activity for drying or dressing, seeds, bulbs, corms or tubers;
the drying of grain or pulses;
any activity for the production of cotton yarn from raw cotton or for the conversion of cotton yarn into cloth;
“food” includes–
drink;
articles and substances of no nutritional value which are used for human consumption; and
articles and substances used as ingredients in the preparation of food;
“green offal” means the stomach and intestines of any animal, other than poultry or fish, and their contents;
“underground strata” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999(2);
“waterways” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.