Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–

• “the Act” means the Animal Health Act 1981;

• “appropriate Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister, and in relation to Scotland or to Wales, the Secretary of State;

• “approved identification” means an identification made in a manner approved by the appropriate Minister identifying the individual animal;

• “bovine animal” means a bull, cow, steer, heifer or calf;

• “dairy herd” means any bovine animals which are kept for milk production;

• “dam” means the female parent of a calf whether or not the calf was the product of an implanted ovum or embryo and excludes a female bovine animal from which the ovum or embryo has been taken;

• “distinguishing mark” means a mark placed on a bovine animal or bovine animals to distinguish it or them, as the case may be, from other bovine animals;

• “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;

• “the Minister” and “the Ministry” mean respectively the Minister and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

• “premises” includes land with or without buildings but does not include any part ofany premises used for the temporary detention of animals as a market, sale-yard, fairground, slaughterhouse lair or place of exhibition;

• “slaughterhouse” means–

  1. (a)

     in relation to England and Wales, a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard as defined in section 34 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974^f1, and

  2. (b)

     in relation to Scotland, a slaughterhouse as defined in section 22 of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980^f2; and

• “veterinary inspector” means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister.