2. In this Order—
“animals” means cattle (excluding bison and yak), deer, goats, pigs and sheep;
“collecting centre” means premises used for the intermediate reception of animals intended to be moved elsewhere (but does not include a market or other place used for the sale or trading of animals unless all the animals there are intended for immediate slaughter);
“keeper” means any person having care and control of animals even on a temporary basis and includes, for the purposes of article 13(2)(a), any person transporting the animals;
“land” includes common or unenclosed land;
“premises” includes land, with or without buildings;
“sole occupancy group” has the meaning assigned by article 11;
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“slaughterhouse” has the meaning it is given in [F2the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013];
“standstill period” means a period when animals may not be moved off premises because of the provisions of articles 4 or 5; and
“veterinary treatment” includes, in the case of goats, the collection of semen.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 2 omitted (12.5.2008) by virtue of The Disease Control (England) (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1066), arts. 1, 2(2)
F2Words in art. 2 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Disease Control (England) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/280), arts. 1, 3