Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

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

• “collecting centre” means premises used for the intermediate reception of animals intended to be moved elsewhere (but does not include a market or other place used for the sale or trading of animals unless all the animals there are intended for immediate slaughter);

• “keeper” means any person having care and control of animals even on a temporary basis and includes, for the purposes of article 13(2)(a), any person transporting the animals;

• “land” includes common or unenclosed land;

• “premises” includes land, with or without buildings;

• “sole occupancy group” has the meaning assigned by article 11;

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• “slaughterhouse” has the meaning it is given in F2the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013;

• “standstill period” means a period when animals may not be moved off premises because of the provisions of articles 4 or 5; and

• “veterinary treatment” includes, in the case of goats, the collection of semen.