# The Disease Control (England) Order 2003, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

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 the 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1729/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disease-control-england-order-2003/article-2
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