2. Interpretation
In these Regulations—
“Chief Officer” means the officer appointed by the Governor General under regulation 3(1) to direct the service;
“inspect premises” means to inspect premises to ascertain the presence of mosquitoes and to examine any water in or upon any premises whether contained in a receptacle, or not for the purpose of ascertaining whether it contains any of the immature stages of the mosquito;
“member of the service” includes the Chief Officer, any medical officer, any supervisor, any field technician, any chief inspector, any supervising inspector, any section leader, any inspector, any operator and any other officer appointed under regulation 3(1);
“operator” means any person employed to spray premises by mechanical means;
“Service” means the Mosquito Control Service established in Saint Lucia;
“spray premises” means to treat all buildings, and any other structure, and their contents with Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane or any other form of insecticide ordered by the Chief Officer;
“unoccupied premises” includes vacant premises and any premises the occupants of which are temporarily absent there from for a period of not less than 5 days.