As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

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“Handler” means the operator of a stockyard, livestock dealership, slaughterhouse, packing plant, or livestock auction market, or any other person making a purchase from a sheep producer, at the point where the sheep is sold or traded.

“Sheep” means sheep or lambs of all ages.

1995, c. 691, § 3.1-1065; 2008, c. 860.