(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
authorised officer means a person or officer—
brood fish means male or female fish kept on a fish farm for breeding purposes
disease, in relation to fish, includes any disease specified by the Director-General by notice published in the Gazette; and diseased has a corresponding meaning
eating-house means any premises, including any restaurant, hotel, or other public eating place, in which food is sold for consumption on the premises or is cooked and sold for consumption off the premises
fish means such species of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed as may be specified by the chief executive by notice in the Gazette, and—
(a) includes—
(ii) the young, fry, ova, or spawn and any part of such fish, aquatic life, or seaweed:
fish farm means any establishment (including an ocean-ranching establishment), licensed under these regulations to capture, raise, feed, release, process, or deal in fish for sale; but does not include—
food premises means any establishment, including an eating-house, on or from which food is sold or disposed of directly and predominantly to the public; but does not include any establishment licensed under these regulations solely to process or deal in fish for sale
licence means a fish-farm licence or other licence issued under these regulations; and licensed and licensee have corresponding meanings
ocean-ranching means releasing juvenile salmon into waters to grow at sea and, on the return of the adult salmon to a specified place, harvesting them or producing ova from them
officer means an officer appointed under the Act for the purposes of these regulations
production record, in relation to any fish farm, means a yearly return of fish in a form required by the Director-General
sales record, in relation to any fish farm or other business, means a return of fish sold by the licensee in a form required by the Director-General
tag means a coded metal or plastic tag approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
transfer means the transportation of fish obtained from a fish farm licensed under these regulations to or from a leased or licensed area within the meaning of the Marine Farming Act 1971, or to or from another fish farm, or to a point of release into any waters, or to or from any other place
year means a period of 12 months ending with 31 December.