Disease Control (Standstill) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Interpretation and application

2.—(1) In this Order –

“animal” means any livestock, deer, llama or alpaca;

“collecting centre” means any premises used by a dealer for the intermediate reception of animals intended to be moved elsewhere (but does not include a market);

“dealer” means any person who –

(a)

buys and sells animals commercially either on his own behalf or on behalf of another; and

(b)

does not generally retain such animals in his ownership for a period of more than 30 days; and

(c)

in the course of that business moves animals purchased by him from trading premises operated by him to other premises not operated by him;

“general licence” means a licence issued under this Order which applies to all persons, or any class of persons specified therein;

“holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, place (including land with or without buildings) occupied by the same person and in which animals are held, kept or handled;

“holding number” has the same meaning as in the Aujeszky’s Disease Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 1994(1) and Identification and Movement of Sheep and Goats Order (Northern Ireland) 2004(2);

“individual animal identification number” means –

(a)

in relation to a bovine animal, the unique identification code on an eartag approved by the Department under the Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(3);

(b)

in relation to a sheep or goat, the unique numeric sequence on an eartag approved by the Department under the Identification and Movement of Sheep and Goats Order (Northern Ireland) 2004;

(c)

in relation to a pig, the individual number marked on it in accordance with the Aujeszky’s Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1994;

“keeper” means any natural or legal person responsible for animals on a permanent or temporary basis;

“land” includes common or unenclosed land;

“licensed isolation facility” means a facility on a holding which is intended for the keeping of animals and for effectively isolating them from any other animal and which is operated for that purpose under and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Department;

“livestock” means any bovine animal (excluding bison and yak), goat, pig or sheep;

“market” means a market place, sale yard or other premises or place in or upon which animals are exhibited for the purpose of public sale;

“premises” includes land, with or without buildings;

“specific licence” means a licence issued under this Order which only applies to the applicant therefor; and

“trading premises” means a premises which a dealer operates as a collecting centre which is a separate epidemiological unit from any other premises on which animals are kept.

(2) The provisions of this Order are without prejudice to the requirements or prohibitions imposed by or under any other statutory provision relating to the movement of animals.

(1)

S.R. 1994 No. 199

(2)

S.R. 2004 No. 491

(3)

S.R. 1998 No. 279 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 324 and S.R. 2004 No. 420