# The Importation of Animal Products and Poultry Products Order 1980, Article 2: Extension of definition of “poultry” and “disease”

Extent: E+W+S

For the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 (“the 1981 Act”) the Act in its application to this order—
(a) the definition of the expression “poultry” in section 87(4) of the 1981 Act the Act is hereby extended so as to comprise all birds, and
(b) the definition of “disease” in section 88(1) and (3) of the 1981 Act the Act is hereby extended so as to comprise any disease of animals or birds.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/14/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animal-products-and-poultry-products-order-1980/article-2
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