In these Regulations—

• “carcase” means a carcase or part of a carcase of a pig, but does not include a sample taken from a carcase;

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

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

• “Council Directive 92/119/EEC” 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;

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

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

• “designated slaughterhouse” means a slaughterhouse designated by the appropriate authority under the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 20087, the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Scotland) Order 20088 or the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Wales) Regulations 20089;

• “Diagnostic Manual” refers to the Diagnostic Manual contained in—

  1. 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 disease10,

  2. 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 fever11,

  3. c

     Commission Decision 2003/422/EC approving an African swine fever Diagnostic Manual12;

• “disease” in these Regulations, unless the context refers to only one or more of these diseases, means any of the following diseases of pig (and includes the virus of any such disease)—

  1. a

     African swine fever;

  2. b

     classical swine fever (otherwise known as hog cholera); and

  3. c

     swine vesicular disease;

• “equipment”, except in regulation 34(9)(a), means any equipment that has been in contact with pigs or faeces, blood or other bodily fluids from a pig;

• “feral pig” means any non-captive pig which is living in the wild;

• “infected premises” means premises that have been designated as infected premises under regulation 10;

• “inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 198113 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;

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

• “livestock” means any hoofed animals other than equidae;

• “local authority” means—

  1. a

     in England—

     1. i

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

     2. ii

        where there is not a unitary authority—

        1. aa

           in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;

        2. bb

           in a non-metropolitan county, the county council;

        3. cc

           in each London borough, the council of that borough; or

        4. dd

           in the City of London, the Common Council;

  2. b

     in Wales, a county council or a county borough council;

  3. c

     in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 199414;

• “marker vaccine” means a vaccine which results in a clear differentiation between a vaccinated pig and a diseased pig;

• “occupier” means any person having day-to-day responsibility for the premises or for any pigs on the premises;

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

• “premises” includes any land, building or other place;

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

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

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

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

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

Any notice that is required or authorised under these Regulations to be served on the occupier may be served on a person appearing to the person serving the notice to be the occupier.

Where a notice has been served on a person referred to in paragraph (1), and it later becomes clear to the person who served the notice that another person is the keeper of the pigs then a replacement notice must be served on the other person.

Parts 2 and 3 do not apply in relation to swine vesicular disease in any period during which action is being taken by the appropriate authority under the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (England) Order 200621, the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Order 200622 or the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 200623.