# The Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992, Article 2: Application of section 22 of the Animal Health Act 1981

Extent: E

(1) Section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981, which enables the Minister to cause animals to be slaughtered on account of disease, shall apply to the following diseases–
African horse sickness
Bluetongue
Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis
Contagious agalactia
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia
Contagious epidydimitis
Dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum)
Ebola virus
Epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease
Epizootic Lymphangitis (Histoplasma farciminosum)
Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)
Equine infectious anaemia
Equine Viral Encephalomyelitis
Goat pox
Lumpy Skin Disease
Peste des Petits Ruminants
Rift Valley Fever
Sheep pox
Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)
Teschen Disease
Vesicular Stomatitis
(2) For the purposes of this article the definition of “animal” in the Animal Health Act 1981 is hereby extended to include any kind of mammal except man.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3159/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/specified-diseases-notification-and-slaughter-order-1992/article-2
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