“APHIS” means the Animal and Public Health Information System operated by the Department;

“applicant” except in relation to an application for review under article 9 means a pig producer, a potato producer or a sheep producer who makes an application;

“application” means an application for an income support payment made in accordance with article 3(4);

“business ID” means a number issued by the Department to a farm business and which in the case of a pig producer, or a sheep producer identifies that producer on APHIS;

“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

“first purchaser” means a person who purchases for processing a pig from a pig producer or, as the case may be, wool from a sheep producer;

“income support payment” means a payment made under article 5(1), 6(1) or 7(1);

“pig producer” means a person with a business ID who raises pigs for the purpose of sale as pig meat or pig meat products to a first purchaser;

“potato producer” means a person with a business ID who produces potatoes for sale as potatoes;

“sheep producer” means a person with a business ID who raises sheep for the purpose of sale of the animal, or its fleece for processing to a first purchaser;