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2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the Act” means the Animal Health Act 1981;
“appropriate Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister, and in relation to Scotland or to Wales, the Secretary of State;
“approved identification” means an identification made in a manner approved by the appropriate Minister identifying the individual animal;
“bovine animal” means a bull, cow, steer, heifer or calf;
“dairy herd” means any bovine animals which are kept for milk production;
“dam” means the female parent of a calf whether or not the calf was the product of an implanted ovum or embryo and excludes a female bovine animal from which the ovum or embryo has been taken;
“distinguishing mark” means a mark placed on a bovine animal or bovine animals to distinguish it or them, as the case may be, from other bovine animals;
“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 an officer of the Ministry, includes a veterinary inspector;
“the Minister” and “the Ministry” mean respectively the Minister and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
“premises” includes land with or without buildings but does not include any part ofany premises used for the temporary detention of animals as a market, sale-yard, fairground, slaughterhouse lair or place of exhibition;
“slaughterhouse” means–
“veterinary inspector” means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister.
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