# The Processed Animal Protein Order 1989, Article 3: Interpretation


(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the Act” means the Animal Health Act 1981;
“animal” means any kind of mammal except man, and any kind of four-footed beast which is not a mammal;
“animal protein” means any material which may be used for feeding to livestock or poultry which contains the whole or any part of any dead animal or bird, or of any fish, reptile, crustacean or other cold-blooded creature or any product derived from them and includes blood, hatchery waste, eggs, egg shells, hair, horns, hides, hoofs, feathers and manure, any material which contains human effluent and any protein obtained from any of these materials by heat, sedimentation, precipitation, ensiling or any other system of treatment or procedure but does not include milk or milk products, shells other than egg shells, fat or dicalcium bone phosphate;
“the appropriate Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister, and in relation to Scotland or to Wales, the Secretary of State;
“authorised laboratory” means a laboratory authorised by the Minister in writing;
“authorised officer” means a veterinary inspector or an officer authorised by the appropriate Minister;
“day” means the period of twenty-four hours which begins with one midnight and ends with the next;
“fat” means any vegetable or mineral oil or any other oleaginous product obtained by a rendering or a refining process;
“laboratory” means any laboratory which has the necessary facilities and personnel for carrying out tests on samples mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2) of Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order in accordance with either of the methods set out in Part II of that Schedule;
“livestock” means cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses (including asses and mules), deer, and rabbits which are kept for commercial purposes;
“the Minister” and “the Ministry” means respectively the Minister and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
“poultry” means live birds of the following species, that is to say, domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea-fowls, pigeons, pheasants, partridges and quails;
“processed”, in relation to animal protein, means animal protein which has been subjected to heat, sedimentation, precipitation, ensiling, milling, grinding, or any other system of treatment or procedure so as to render it suitable for use (whether with or without further treatment or procedure) as a feeding stuff or as an ingredient in a feeding stuff for livestock or poultry; and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“the Register” means the Register kept by the Minister under article 5 of this Order;
“Registered person” means the person whose name is entered in the Register;
“veterinary inspector” means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister.
(2) Until the coming into force of article 5 to this Order, any reference in this Order to a Registered person shall be a reference to the owner or person in charge of the premises the address of which will be required to be entered in the Register in accordance with article 5 when that article comes into force.
(3) After 13th August 1989 any reference in this Order to a laboratory shall be a reference to an authorised laboratory.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/661/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/processed-animal-protein-order-1989/article-3
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