“the Act” means the Animal Heath Act 1981;

“disease legislation” means any of the legislation listed in Schedule 1;

F1“domestic market” is the market for the sale of poultry meat in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland;

“establishment” means a slaughterhouse or a game handling establishment;

“game handling establishment” means an establishment where the preparation of wild game carcases takes place;

“meat” means any part of the carcase of any animal or poultry intended for human consumption, and includes a product resulting from the processing of meat from that animal or poultry or a product resulting from the further processing of such processed meat product;

“occupier” means, in relation to any premises or establishment, the person in charge of those premises or that establishment;

“premises” means any land, building, plant or place in business use, other than a slaughterhouse or game handling establishment;

F2“Regulation No. 853/2004” means Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin

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F4“seropositive pig” means a pig that is not a restricted animal but is required by the Scottish Ministers to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse due to antibodies against swine vesicular disease virus being identified in that pig;

“slaughter” means killing for the production of food for human consumption but does not include killing wild game;

“slaughterhouse” means an establishment where the slaughter and dressing of any animal or poultry takes place;

“supply” means supply to the final consumer or to a person who then supplies to the final consumer and includes consignment for sale;

“treatment centre” means premises designated under article 6 for the purpose of subjecting meat to a treatment listed in Schedule 2;

“wild game” means a wild animal or bird which is hunted for human consumption.