{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-horses-excepted-cases-order-1969/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-horses-excepted-cases-order-1969/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1969/1742",
  "legislation_title": "The Export of Horses (Excepted Cases) Order 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-horses-excepted-cases-order-1969",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Diseases of Animals Act 1950;\n“horse” means a horse (including an ass and mule) over 14½ hands in height;\n“local authority” means a local authority for the purposes of the Act;\n“master” includes any person having the charge or command of a vessel except the pilot;\n“the Minister”, in its application to horses shipped or intended to be shipped from England and Wales, means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and in its corresponding application to Scotland, means the Secretary of State;\n“permit” means a permit issued by the Minister under the provisions of this Order;\n“pilot”, in relation to an aircraft, means the pilot or other person having the command or charge of the aircraft;\n“shipped” means carried by sea or by air and “shipment” shall be construed accordingly;\n“veterinary inspector” means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.\n(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament, and as if this Order and the Order hereby revoked were Acts of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1969/1742/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:05:19.433772+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."
}