The Animal By-Products Order 1999

Extension of definitions of “animals” and “poultry”

2.  For the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 in its application to this Order—

(a) the definition of “animals” in section 87(1) of that Act is hereby extended so as to comprise—

(i) any kind of mammal except man;

(ii) any kind of four-footed beast which is not a mammal;

(iii) fish, reptiles and crustaceans; and

(iv) other cold-blooded creatures of any species;

(b) the definition of “poultry” in section 87(4) of that Act is hereby extended so as to comprise all birds; and

(c) the definitions of “disease” in section 88(1) and (3) of that Act are hereby extended so as to comprise all diseases of animals and birds.