Scope of the Act and of this Order
3.—(1) For the purposes of the Act in its application to avian influenza and to this Order—
(a)the definition of “poultry” in section 87(4) of the Act is extended to include all birds;
(b)the definition of “animals” in section 87(1) of the Act is extended to include all mammals, except man; and
(c)the definition of “disease” in section 88(1) of the Act is extended to include any infection in mammals caused by influenza virus of avian origin.
(2) Section 32 of the Act applies to any infection in mammals caused by influenza virus of avian origin and references in this Order to that section are to that section as it applies to such infection.
(3) References in this Order to paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act are to that paragraph as it applies to avian influenza.
(4) This Order does not apply to anything done in accordance with a licence under the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1998 M1.
(5) This Order does not apply to quarantine centres and quarantine facilities approved under Regulation 19 of the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) Regulations 2006 M2.
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 1998/463, to which there is an amendment not relevant to this Order.