{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-animal-pathogens-order-2008/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-animal-pathogens-order-2008/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/944",
  "legislation_title": "The Specified Animal Pathogens Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-animal-pathogens-order-2008",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“animal” includes poultry;\n“carrier” means any living creature except man which may carry or transmit a specified animal pathogen or the tissue, cell culture, body fluid, excreta, carcase or part of a carcase of such creature by or by means of which a specified animal pathogen may be transmitted or carried;\n“premises” includes any land, building or other place; and\n“specified animal pathogen” means an animal pathogen listed in Schedule 1, including—\n(a) intact pathogens;\n(b) pathogens which have been attenuated or genetically modified by any means; and\n(c) any nucleic acid derived from an animal pathogen listed in that Schedule that could produce that pathogen when introduced into a biological system in which the nucleic acid is capable of replicating.\n(2) In this Order “inspector” does not include an inspector appointed by a local authority.\n(3) A licence or notice issued under this Order must be in writing, may be subject to conditions and may be amended, suspended or revoked by notice in writing at any time.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/944/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:32:27.249339+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."
}