Extension of definitions of “animals” and “poultry”2.

For the purposes of the Act in its application to the presence in animals or poultry of designated organisms –

(a)

the definition of “animals” in section 87(1) of the Act is hereby extended so as to comprise –

(i)

any kind of mammal except man, and

(ii)

any kind of four-footed beast which is not a mammal; and

(b)

the definition of “poultry” in section 87(4) of the Act is hereby extended so as to comprise birds of every species.