Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22)

[F1 Part 2B S TSE: Scotland

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2B inserted (S.) (6.10.2006) by Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11), ss. 11, 55(1) (with s. 54); S.S.I. 2006/482, art. 2

General S

36W Orders and regulations S

A statutory instrument containing an order or regulations under this Part is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

36X Interpretation S

In this Part—

• “keeper” includes an owner;

• “inspector” means—

  (a)

  a person appointed as an inspector for the purposes of this Act by the Scottish Ministers; or

  (b)

  a person authorised by the Scottish Ministers for those purposes;

• “livestock” means—

  (a)

  any creature, including a fish, which is kept, fattened or bred for the production of food, wool, skin or fur;

  (b)

  any creature, other than a dog, which is kept for use in the farming of land; and

  (c)

  any equine animal;

• “premises” includes—

  (a)

  any land or building; or

  (b)

  any other place, in particular—

  (i)

  a vehicle or vessel; or

  (ii)

  a tent or moveable structure;

• “TSE” means transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.]