{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-gatherings-england-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-gatherings-england-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1202",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Gatherings (England) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-gatherings-england-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“animals” means cattle (excluding bison and yak), deer, goats, sheep and pigs;\n“animal area” has the meaning given in article 5(2)(c);\n“animal gathering” means an occasion at which animals are brought together for one or more of the following purposes—\n(a) a sale, show or exhibition;\n(b) onward consignment within Great Britain;\n(c) inspection to confirm the animals possess specific breed characteristics;\n“approved disinfectant” means a disinfectant approved under the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978 at the concentration required under that Order for “General Orders”;\n“equipment” includes pens and hurdles; and\n“paved” means paved with cement, concrete, asphalt or other hard, impermeable material that is capable of being effectively cleansed and disinfected.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/32 as amended by S.I. 1999/919 and S.I. 2000/3195 and, as regards England, S.I. 2001/608 and S.I. 2003/1428."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1202/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:26:57.264802+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}