Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “animals” means cattle (excluding bison and yak), deer, goats, sheep and pigs;

• “animal area” has the meaning given in article 4(3)(c);

• “animal gathering” means an occasion at which animals are brought together for—

  1. (a)

     a sale,

  2. (b)

     a show or exhibition,

  3. (c)

     onward consignment for slaughter within Great Britain, or

  4. (d)

     onward consignment within Great Britain for further rearing or finishing,

  and includes the reception or temporary detention of those animals;

• “approved disinfectant” means a disinfectant approved under the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978^f1 at the concentration required under that Order for “General Orders”; and

• “equipment” includes pens and hurdles.