{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-poultry-england-order-2003/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-poultry-england-order-2003/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1078",
  "legislation_title": "Diseases of Poultry (England) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-poultry-england-order-2003",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“bird” includes poultry, unless the context otherwise requires;\n“carcase” means the carcase of poultry or of any bird other than poultry, as the context requires, and includes part of a carcase;\n“Chief Veterinary Officer” means the Chief Veterinary Officer of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;\n“Council Directive 2005/94/EC” means Council Directive 2005/94/EC on Community measures for the control of avian influenza;\n“designated disease” means paramyxovirus 1 in pigeons, avian influenza and Newcastle disease;\n“disinfect” means disinfect with a disinfectant approved under the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (England) Order 2007 for the purposes of this Order;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“poultry” means domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea fowls, quails, pigeons, ratites and pheasants and partridges reared or kept in captivity for breeding, the production of meat or eggs for consumption or for restocking supplies of game;\n“premises” includes any place; and\n“racing pigeon” means any pigeon transported or intended for transport from its pigeon house (any installation used for keeping or breeding racing pigeons) to be released so that it may freely fly back to its pigeon house or to any other destination.\n(2) Any notice or licence served or issued under this Order or under a declaration made under article 10 below shall be in writing, may be general or specific, may be the subject of conditions and may be amended, suspended or revoked by notice in writing at any time.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(1) inserted (1.6.2018) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/575), regs. 1(2), 32(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(1) substituted (1.6.2018) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/575), regs. 1(2), 32(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(1) revoked (1.11.2009) by The Animal Health (Divisional Veterinary Managers) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2713), arts. 1, 2(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in art. 3(2) substituted (21.4.2021) by The Specified Diseases (Notification and Control) (Amendment, etc.) (England) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/443), arts. 1(1), 5(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1078/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:25:44.294854+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."
}