{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aujeszkys-disease-order-1983/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aujeszkys-disease-order-1983/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/344",
  "legislation_title": "The Aujeszky's Disease Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aujeszkys-disease-order-1983",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Animal Health Act 1981;\n“affected” means affected with the disease;\n“animals” means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, deer, horses, dogs and cats;\n“Chief Veterinary Officer” means the Chief Veterinary Officer of the Ministry;\n“the disease” means Aujeszky's disease;\n“infected area” means an area declared to be an infected area under article 15(1);\n“infected place” means premises declared to be an infected place under article 7(1);\n“inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of the Act by the Minister or by a local authority and, when used in relation to an officer of the Ministry, includes a veterinary inspector;\n“the Minister” means, in relation to the whole of Great Britain, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and “Ministry” shall be construed accordingly;\n“occupier” means, in relation to any premises, the owner, occupier or person in charge of the premises;\n“owner” includes, in relation to any animal or thing, a person having possession, charge or control of that animal or thing;\n“premises” includes land, with or without buildings;\n“poultry” means domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea-fowls, pigeons, pheasants and partridges;\n“semen” means the semen of an animal;\n“slaughterhouse” means—\n(a) in relation to England and Wales, a slaughterhouse or knacker's yard as defined in section 34 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 and\n(b) in relation to Scotland, a slaughterhouse as defined in section 22 of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980;\n“suspected” means suspected of being affected;\n“veterinary inspector” means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister;\n“veterinary surgeon” means a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons kept under section 2 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 or the supplementary veterinary register kept under section 8 of that Act.\n(2) Any reference in this order—\n(a) to a numbered article, is a reference to the article bearing that number in this order, and\n(b) to a lettered form, is a reference to the form bearing that letter in the schedule to this order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/344/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:05:03.697319+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."
}