S.L. 437.104 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 437.

For the purposes of these regulations and unless the context otherwise requires: "the Act" means the Veterinary Services Act; "broiler" means a bird of the Gallus gallus or turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) species of either sex that is bred and farmed for the production of meat; "competent authority" means the Veterinary Services as defined in the Act; "condemned flock" means a group of birds which has tested positive for etiological agents that are deemed as zoonotic agents by the competent authority;

"culling" means the destruction of the flock of birds that will not be used for food for human consumption;

"Department" means the Department for Veterinary Services; "Director" means the Director for Veterinary Services; "first time isolation" means the first instance that an etiological agent of regulatory importance has been isolated by a laboratory from samples taken from a poultry farm; "flock" means all the poultry of the same health status kept on the same premises or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit; in the case of housed poultry, this includes all birds sharing the same airspace; "layer" means a bird of the species Gallus gallus or Meleagris gallopavo that is bred and kept for the production of eggs; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for veterinary services; "poultry" means birds of the species Gallus gallus or turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), geese, ducks, guinea fowl, pheasants, quails and other such species; "poultry farm" means a holding that is licensed to produce broilers for slaughter and layers for egg production; "producer" means any person or legal entity that keep, breed and fatten poultry of the family Gallus gallus or turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) for the production of food for human consumption; "Salmonella" means Salmonella typhimurium or Salmonella enteritidis; "pests" vermin including birds, mice, rats, insects (such as flies, mites, litter beetles) and wildlife.