S.L. 437.64 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 437. Cap. 437.

(1) Unless otherwise stated in these rules, the definitions in the Veterinary Services Act shall apply.

(2) For the purpose of these rules, and unless the context otherwise requires: "the Authority" means the Veterinary Services Authority in Malta as provided under article 2 of the Veterinary Services Act; "farm animals" means domestic animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, domestic solipeds, poultry and rabbits, as well as wild animals of those species and wild ruminants which have been raised on a holding;

"illegal treatment" means the use of unauthorised substances or products or the use of substances or products authorised by any other law for purposes or under conditions other than those laid down in any other law; "Member State" means a State which is a Member within the European Community; "therapeutic treatment" means the administering prescribed under rule 6, to an individual farm animal of an authorised substance to treat, after examination by a veterinarian, a fertility problem, including the termination of unwanted gestation, and in the case of beta-agonists, to induce tocolysis in cows when claving as well as to treat respiratory problems, navicular desease and laminitis and to induce tocolysis in equidae; "third country" means a state which is not a member within the European Community; "zootechnical treatment" means the administering of any substance to an individual farm animal and in the case of aquaculture animals to a group of breeding animals for sex inversion on a veterinarian’s prescription and under his responsibility and which is prohibited under rule 7(2).