# The Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990, Article 3: Interpretation


(1) 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.
(2) Any reference in this Order to a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing that number in this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2628/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-markets-order-1990/article-3
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