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2. In these Regulations–
“bird” means any member of the following species, provided it is kept in captivity for breeding, the production of meat or eggs or for re-stocking supplies of game; namely, domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea fowls, pigeons (other than racing pigeons), quails, ratites, pheasants and partridges;
“carcase” means the carcase of any bird and includes part of a carcase;
“Commission Decision 2004/630/EC” means Commission Decision 2004/630/EC(1) dated 27th July 2004 approving the programmes for the implementation of Member States' surveys for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds during 2004 and laying down reporting and eligibility rules for the financial contribution from the Community to the implementation costs of those programmes;
“the disease” means avian influenza, and shall be deemed to include a current or previous infection by a causative agent of the disease;
“inspector” means an inspector appointed by the Scottish Ministers or a local authority for the purposes of these Regulations;
“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(2);
“person”, except in regulations 4(1)(g) and 6(3) of these Regulations, includes a body corporate or a partnership;
“pigeon house” means any installation used for keeping or breeding pigeons;
“premises” includes land with or without buildings but does not include any place used only as a dwelling; and
“racing pigeon” means any pigeon transported or intended for transport from its pigeon house to be released so that it may freely fly back to its pigeon house or to any other destination.
O.J. No. L 287, 8.9.04, p.7.
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