{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/warble-fly-england-and-wales-infected-areas-order-1985/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/warble-fly-england-and-wales-infected-areas-order-1985/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1985/1542",
  "legislation_title": "The Warble Fly (England and Wales) (Infected Areas) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/warble-fly-england-and-wales-infected-areas-order-1985",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Animal Health Act 1981;\n“the appropriate Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister and in relation to Wales, the Secretary of State;\n“cattle” does not include calves aged less than twelve weeks;\n“cattle market” includes any public sale or exhibition of cattle;\n“certificate of exemption” means a certificate issued by a veterinary inspector under paragraph (2) of article 14;\n“declaration of treatment” means declaration in form G signed by the owner or person in charge of the cattle to which the declaration relates or by his duly authorised agent;\n“infected area” means an area declared to be an infected area by a special order made under paragraph (1) of article 3;\n“inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of the Act by the Minister or by a local authority, and, when used in relation to an officer of the Ministry, includes a veterinary inspector;\n“the Minister” and “the Ministry” mean respectively the Minister and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;\n“premises” includes land;\n“product” means a product for which there is a current product licence granted under the Medicines Act 1968 permitting its sale and supply for systemic use to kill warble fly;\n“relevant period” means the period during which a special order made under paragraph (1) of article 3 remains in force;\n`to treat” means to administer a product according to its manufacturer's instructions, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;\n“veterinary inspector” means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister; and\n“warble fly” means the warble fly in any stage of its life cycle.\n(2) Any reference in this order—\n(a) to a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing that number in this order; and\n(b) to a lettered form is a reference to the form bearing that letter in the Schedule to this order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/3142",
      "affecting_title": "The Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1542/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:01:40.613900+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."
}