Interpretation2.

(1)

In this Order–

“airport” means the aggregate of the land, buildings and works comprised in an aerodrome within the meaning of the Civil Aviation Act 19822;

“animal” means a pet cat or pet dog;

“carrier” means any undertaking carrying goods or passengers for hire by land, sea or air;

“microchip” means an electronic transponder;

“official health certificate” means a certificate prepared and distributed by the competent authority for completion and signature by an official veterinary surgeon in relation to rabies, and by a veterinary surgeon entitled to practise veterinary medicine in the country in which the treatment is administered in the case of Echinococcus multilocularis and ticks.

“official veterinary surgeon” means in Scotland a veterinary surgeon authorised by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of this Order, and outside Scotland means a veterinary surgeon authorised by the competent authority to grant certification for the purposes of export of cats and dogs;

“other animal” means an animal (other than man) belonging to any of the orders of mammals specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 1 to the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 19743, other than a pet cat or a pet dog;

“pet cat” and “pet dog” means respectively a cat of the species Felis catus or a dog of the species Canis familiaris which is not traded commercially under the provisions of article 4A of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974;

“recognised laboratory” means a laboratory recognised in accordance with article 5.

(2)

Any reference in this Order to anything done in writing or produced in written form includes a reference to an electronic communication, as defined in the Electronic Communications Act 20004, which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced.