{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-gatherings-order-2010/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-gatherings-order-2010/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/460",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Gatherings Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-gatherings-order-2010",
  "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” means any area on the licensed premises to which animals may be given access at an animal gathering;\n“animal gathering” means an occasion at which animals are gathered for one or more of the following purposes—\n(a) a sale, show or exhibition,\n(b) collection for 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 2007;\n“equipment” includes pens and hurdles;\n“licensed premises” means premises licensed under article 5(1);\n“licensee” is a person licensed under article 5(1);\n“paved” means paved with cement, concrete, asphalt or other hard impermeable material that is capable of being effectively cleansed and disinfected.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 18.3.2010, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/448."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/460/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:51:30.763295+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."
}