3.—(1) In this Order, “livestock or poultry building”N.I.
(a)means a building which—
(i)is used for the production of livestock or poultry[F1 or is used for the scientific testing of livestock or poultry for the purposes of the improvement of breeding stock]; or
(ii)is occupied together with one or more than one other building used for the production of livestock or poultry[F1 or used for the scientific testing of livestock or poultry for the purposes of the improvement of breeding stock] and is used in connection with the operations carried on in that other building or those other buildings;
where either the use mentioned in sub-head (i) or (ii) is the sole use, or the building is occupied together with agricultural land and used also in connection with agricultural operations on that land and that use together with the use mentioned in sub-head (i) or (ii) (as the case may require) is its sole use; and
(b)includes a building which—
(i)is used solely in connection with the operations carried on in one or more than one building to which head ( a) applies; and
(ii)is occupied either—
(aa)by a body corporate any of whose members are, together with the body, the occupiers of that building or those buildings; or
(bb)by persons who would satisfy the requirements of paragraph 2(1)( b)(ii) if the building were an agricultural building;
and whose use as mentioned in this paragraph, or that use together with the use mentioned in paragraph 2(1)( c), is its sole use;
but does not include an agricultural building or a dwelling-house.
(2) In this paragraph—
“building” includes a distinct part of a building;
“livestock” means any animal kept for the production of food, wool, skins or fur;
“poultry” includes the eggs of poultry;
“production” includes the breeding, rearing, fattening and keeping of livestock or poultry, but does not include the keeping of livestock or poultry which are in transit.