{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/brucellosis-control-order-northern-ireland-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/361",
  "legislation_title": "Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/brucellosis-control-order-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“abortion” means any bovine foetus or calf born dead or which dies within 24 hours of birth;\n“affected” in relation to any animal means affected with disease and includes a reactor;\n“animal” means a bovine animal;\n“approved disinfectant” means a disinfectant for the time being approved by the Department under the Diseases of Animals (Approval of Disinfectants) Order (Northern Ireland) 1972;\n“carcase” means the carcase of an animal;\n“the Directive” means Council Directive 64/432/EEC on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine , as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/819;\n“disease” means brucellosis;\n“Divisional Veterinary Office” means a Divisional Veterinary Office of the Department;\n“herd” means –\n(a)an animal kept, or\n(b)a group of animals kept, managed or housed together,\non a holding in such manner and under such conditions as will in the opinion of a veterinary inspector minimise the possibility of infection to any other animals whether kept on the same holding or another holding;\n“holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, place in which animals are held, kept or handled and includes land with or without buildings;\n“keeper” means any natural or legal person responsible for animals whether on a permanent or temporary basis including during transportation or at a market and “herd keeper” shall be construed accordingly;\n“livestock” means any creature kept for the production of food, wool, skin or fur or (excluding a dog) for use in the farming of land;\n“market” means a market place, sale yard or other premises or place in or upon which animals are exhibited for the purpose of public sale;\n“official test” has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 1(2) of the Scheme;\n“pedigree” means a pedigree animal registered in the herd book of the appropriate Breed Society;\n“reactor” means an animal which has undergone an official test the result of which shall give the Department reason to believe that the animal is probably affected;\n“the Scheme” means the Brucellosis (Examination and Testing) Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2004;\n“steer” means a male animal which has been castrated;\n“suspected” in relation to any animal means an animal suspected of being affected.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (11.4.2019) by The Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/82), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in operation at 1.10.2004, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 16 as amended by S.R. 1975 No. 69 and S.R. 1995 No. 467"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L121, 29.7.64, p. 1977, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004 (O.J. No. L005, 19.1.2004, p. 0008)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. 2004 No. 364"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/361/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:56:30.398447+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."
}