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1. This Order may be cited as the Disease Control (England) Order 2003; it applies in England and comes into force on 1st August 2003.
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.
3. This Order shall not apply in relation to a movement—
(a)licensed under the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983(2); or
(b)to or from a zoo licensed under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981(3).
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