S.L. 437.107 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 437.

For the purpose of these rules and unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Veterinary Services Act;

"breeder" means any person licensed by the Director of Veterinary Services to keep and breed swine in order to produce swine for onward sale;

"Director" means the Director of Veterinary Services, and includes any officer of the Department of Veterinary Services duly authorised by him to act on his behalf;

"domestic waste" means any organic waste originating from private dwellings;

"fattener" means any person licensed by the Director of Veterinary Services to keep swine for fattening on a licensed farm whether for slaughter or for onward sale as pets;

"Food Chain Information" means the document containing the information of the holding of provenance of the arriving animals in accordance with the European Union hygiene regulations;

"keeper" means any person registered by the Director of Veterinary Services to keep swine as a pet but is not authorised to breed, sell, or slaughter swine for consumption;

"microchip" means electronic identification by means of the implantation of a chip or transponder which complies with ISO standard 11784 or Annex A ISO standard 11785 for the purpose of monitoring and regulating the electronic identification of pet swine;

"site" means any place where swine are kept as pets; "swill" means any organic waste originating from catering establishments such as hotels, restaurants (including takeaway restaurants), diners (including canteens), clubs, community establishments and other premises where food is prepared, served, packaged or otherwise. Swill shall also refer to international catering waste as defined in the Animal By-Products Regulation (Regulation No. EC 1069/2009);

"swine" means any animal of the species Sus scrofa and Sus scrofa domesticus and shall include pigs kept as pets including all pigs of exotic derivation or breed and pigs that are kept for exhibition purposes only;

"swine farm" means a place licensed by the Director to be used for the rearing of swine;

"to keep" means to own a swine as a pet whilst forbidden to breed, sell the same, or slaughter for consumption;

"to rear" means to breed and, or fatten swine.