Article 2 InterpretationI1

In this Order—

• “the 1981 Order” means the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;

• “animal” includes bird;

• “attendant” means a person accompanying the animal who has been appointed to take charge of it and may include the driver of a vehicle, the guard of a train and a member of the crew of a vessel or aircraft;

• “calves” means cattle under six months old;

• “cattle” means all domestic animals of the bovine species;

• “commercial” includes trade or business;

• “Community” means the European Community;

• “Divisional Veterinary Officer” means a Divisional Veterinary Officer of the Department;

• “goats” means all domestic animals of the caprine species;

• “horse” means a horse, pony, ass, hinny or mule;

• “journey” means transport from the place of departure to the place of destination;

• “livestock” means horses, cattle, sheep, goats, deer, all other ruminating animals and swine;

• “means of transport” means those parts (including detachable parts) of road vehicles, rail wagons, vessels and aircraft used for loading and carrying animals;

• “partition” includes the wall of any pen;

• “pen” includes box or stall, and when used in connection with a means of transport or receptacle, means any division or subdivision by partition of that part of the means of transport or receptacle which is used for the transport of animals;

• “pigs” means all domestic animals of the porcine species;

• “place of departure” means, subject to paragraph (2), the place at which the animal is first loaded onto a means of transport, or any place where the animals have been unloaded and accommodated for 24 hours or more, watered, fed and, if necessary, cared for, but excluding any stopping point or transfer point;

• “place of destination” means the place at which an animal is finally unloaded from a means of transport, but excluding a stopping point or a transfer point;

• “poultry and domestic birds” means—

  1. (a)

     domestic fowl;

  2. (b)

     domestic breeds of turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese and quails; and

  3. (c)

     pheasants and partridges;

• “rail wagon” excludes rolling stock in which passengers are being carried;

• “ramp” includes the door of a vehicle or rail wagon which is used as a loading ramp and also includes any loading bridge or gangway;

• “receptacle” means any crate, box or other rigid container used for the transport of animals which is not self-propelled and does not form a part (whether detachable or not) of a means of transport;

• “rest period” means a continuous period in the course of a journey during which animals are not being moved by a means of transport;

• “sheep” means all domestic animals of the ovine species;

• “stopping point” means a place where animals are rested in the course of a journey;

• “transfer point” means a place where transport is interrupted in order to transfer animals from one means of transport to another;

• “transport” means any movement of animals, effected by a means of transport, and includes loading and unloading the animals;

• “transporter” means any person transporting animals—

  1. (a)

     on his own account; or

  2. (b)

     for the account of a third party; or

  3. (c)

     by providing a third party with a means of transport of animals,

  where such transport is of a commercial nature and is carried out for the purpose of gain;

• “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;

• “vessel” includes hovercraft; and

• “water” in relation to an animal means the provision of any liquid suitable for that animal in such manner as that animal may require.

Markets and assembly centres approved for the purposes of intra-Area trade under Council Directive 64/432/EEC^f1 (on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine) or Council Directive 91/68/EEC^f2 (on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals) may also be regarded as places of departure—

Any licence or certificate granted or notice served under this Order may be subject to conditions and may be amended, suspended or revoked by a further licence, certificate or notice at any time.

Any reference in this Order to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as in force at the commencement of this Order.