Interpretation
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In this Order—
- “CPH number” means the county parish holding number assigned to a holding by the Scottish Ministers;
- “the Directive” means Council Directive 2008/71/EC on the identification and registration of pigs ;
- “herdmark” means the number issued by the Scottish Ministers under article 4(2);
- “holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open air farm, any place in which pigs are held, kept or handled;
- “holding register” means the register required to be kept by Article 4(1) of the Directive;
- “identification mark” means an eartag or tattoo applied under article 7;
- “keeper” means any person having care and control of pigs, whether on a temporary or permanent basis;
- “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ;
- “movement record” means a record of the movement of animals required by Article 4(1) of the Directive; and
- “pig” means any animal of the Suidae family, excluding feral pigs as defined in Article 2(b) of Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever .
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Expressions in this Order which appear in the Directive have the same meaning in this Order as they have for the purposes of the Directive.
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Any reference in this Order to anything done in writing includes a reference to an electronic communication which has been recorded and may subsequently be used for reference, as defined in section 15 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 .
OJ L 213, 8.8.2008, p.31.
1994 c.39, amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c.25), section 120(1) and Schedule 22, paragraph 232(1).
OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p.5, last amended by Council Directive 2008/73/EC (OJ L 219, 14.8.2008, p.40).
2000 c.7, amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c.21), sections 406 and 411(2) and (3) and Schedule 17, paragraph 158.