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"Code of Practice” means any Code of Practice prepared d

revised by the Secretary for Health and Welfare under section 35;";

(b) in the definition of “collection authority”—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), by inserting after "Council" in the second place where it occurs the following-

"and the Director"; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), by deleting "of Agriculture and Fisheries";

(c) by inserting after the definition of “Director” the following—

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"enlarged area” means those parts of—

(a) a livestock waste prohibition area; or (b) a livestock waste control area,

specified in the third column of the Third Schedule by reference to maps identified therein and signed by and deposited with the Director, which abut or share a common boundary with one or more livestock waste control areas;

"exempt person" means any person or any classes of person

specified in the Fourth Schedule;";

(d) by inserting after the definition of "household waste" the

following-

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"keep" includes breed, house, tend, look after or control and "kept" and "keeping” shall be construed accordingly; "lairage" means that part of a slaughterhouse or abattoir used

for the admission or confinement of animals; "livestock" means pigs or poultry;

"livestock keeper" means-

(a) an owner of livestock; or

(b) an owner, lessee or occupier or person responsible

for the management of livestock premises; or

(c) any person keeping livestock or having the custody

or possession of livestock; or

(d) any former livestock keeper,

but does not comprise exclusively any exempt person; "livestock premises” means---

(a) any premises, buildings, land or land covered by water owned, leased or occupied by a livestock keeper, his dependants or employees for the purpose of keeping livestock and any dwelling-place and ancillary buildings or structures connected therewith; (b) any other premises in or on which livestock are kept other than any premises comprising any abattoir, slaughterhouse, market, fresh provision shop, lair- age or hatchery in which poultry of not more than 12 days old are kept; and

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(c) any former livestock premises; "livestock waste" means animal waste produced by, or con-

nected with, livestock;

"livestock waste control area" means a livestock waste con- trol area specified in the second column of the Second Schedule by reference to maps identified therein and signed by and deposited with the Director;

"livestock waste prohibition area" means a livestock waste prohibition area specified in the second column of the First Schedule by reference to maps identified therein and signed by and deposited with the Director;

"livestock waste treatment plant" means a waste treatment plant at which livestock waste is treated by biological, chemical, physical or other means or any combination thereof in accordance with regulations made under sec- tion 33;

"poultry" means chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons and quail; "relevant date" means-

(a) in the case of a livestock waste prohibition area, the date shown in the third column of the First Schedule in respect of that area; or

(b) in the case of a livestock waste control area, the date shown in the third column of the Second Schedule in respect of that area;

"slaughterhouse" and "abattoir" has the meaning assigned to it in the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordin- ance;";

(e) in the definition of "waste disposal licence" by deleting the full

stop and substituting a semicolon; and

(f) by inserting after the definition of "waste disposal licence" the

following-

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"waste treatment plant" means a plant at which waste is treated for the purpose of removing therefrom (wholly or

in part) pollutants contained therein.".

Section 9(a) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting Amendment of before "and animal waste" the following-

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livestock waste”.

Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in subsection (1), by inserting before "or animal waste" the

following-

", livestock waste"; and

(b) in subsections (2) and (3), by inserting before "animal waste"

wherever it occurs the following—

"livestock waste,”.

section 9.

Amendment of section 13.

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