The Disease Control (England) Order 2003

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“animals” means cattle (excluding bison and yak), deer, goats, pigs and sheep;

“collecting centre” means premises used for the intermediate reception of animals intended to be moved elsewhere (but does not include a market or other place used for the sale or trading of animals unless all the animals there are intended for immediate slaughter);

“keeper” means any person having care and control of animals even on a temporary basis and includes, for the purposes of article 13(2)(a), any person transporting the animals;

“land” includes common or unenclosed land;

“premises” includes land, with or without buildings;

“sole occupancy group” has the meaning assigned by article 11;

“veterinary surgeon” means a fellow or member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons;

“slaughterhouse” has the meaning it is given in the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995(1);

“standstill period” means a period when animals may not be moved off premises because of the provisions of articles 4 or 5; and

“veterinary treatment” includes, in the case of goats, the collection of semen.

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S.I. 1995/539 as last amended by S.I. 2002/118.