Article 3 Interpretation

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Act” means the Animal Health Act 1981;

• “animals” means cattle, sheep, goats and all other ruminating animals, pigs, rabbits and poultry;

• “appropriate Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister, and in relation to Scotland or to Wales, the Secretary of State;

• “calf” means a bovine animal under the age of six months;

• “cattle” means bulls, cows, steers, heifers and calves;

• “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 a person appointed by the Minister, includes a veterinary inspector;

• “market” means a market place or sale-yard or any other premises or place to which animals are brought from other places and exposed for sale and includes any lairage adjoining a market and used in connection with it and any place adjoining a market used as a parking area by visitors to the market for parking vehicles;

• “market authority” means the local authority or other person responsible for the upkeep of a market or for the provision of fixed facilities there;

• “the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

• “poultry” means live birds of the following species, that is to say, domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea-fowls, pheasants, partridges and quails;

• “unfit” includes infirm, diseased, ill, injured and fatigued;

• “vehicle” means any vehicle (including a trailer of any description and the detachable body of a vehicle) constructed or adapted for use on a road;

• “veterinary inspector” means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister.

Any reference in this Order to a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing that number in this Order.