The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996 No. 3183

PART I PRELIMINARY

Extension of definitions of “animals” and “poultry”

3.  For the purposes of the Act in its application to this Order—

(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.