Title, commencement, application and extension of definitionsE+W+S
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 3) Order 2003; it applies in England and comes into force on 1st August 2003.
(2) For the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 in its application to this Order—
(a)the definitions of animals and poultry in subsections (1) and (4) of section 87 of that Act are extended so as to comprise all mammals except man and all birds; and
(b)the definitions of disease in subsections (1) and (3) of section 88 of that Act are extended so as to comprise all diseases of animals and poultry.