{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-wales-order-2011/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-wales-order-2011/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2011/692",
  "legislation_title": "The Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-wales-order-2011",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Animal Health Act 1981;\n“affected animal” (“anifail yr effeithiwyd arno”) means a non-bovine animal which is affected with tuberculous emaciation, or is excreting or discharging tuberculous material, or is affected with a chronic cough, or shows any other clinical signs of tuberculosis;\n“approved disinfectant” (“diheintydd cymeradwy”) means a disinfectant that is approved for use against tuberculosis in accordance with the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Wales) Order 2007;\n“approved veterinary surgeon” (“milfeddyg cymeradwy”) means a veterinary surgeon who is approved in accordance with article 2A;\n“keeper” (“ceidwad”) means any person who owns or is responsible for a non-bovine animal whether on a permanent or temporary basis, but it does not include a person responsible for a non-bovine animal solely because the person is transporting it;\n“non-bovine animal” (“anifail nad yw'n anifail buchol”) means a deer, goat, alpaca, guanaco, llama or vicuna;\n“premises” (“mangre”) includes—\n(a)land or buildings; and\n(b)any other place including, in particular, a vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft, or a tent or other moveable structure;\n“relevant test” (“prawf perthnasol”) means—\n(a)a skin test; or\n(b)any other diagnostic test for tuberculosis approved by the Welsh Ministers;\n“suspected animal” (“anifail dan amheuaeth”) means a non-bovine animal which is suspected of being affected with tuberculosis and includes a non-bovine animal that has been in close contact with such a non-bovine animal;\n“tuberculosis” (“twbercwlosis”) means infection with Mycobacterium bovis (M.bovis); and\n“veterinary improvement notice” (“hysbysiad gwella milfeddygol”) means a notice served under article 8 (veterinary improvement notice).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (6.4.2014) by The Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/632), arts. 1(3), 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (6.4.2014) by The Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/632), arts. 1(3), 3(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 31.3.2011, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/2803 (W.236)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/692/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:51:16.949003+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."
}