The Importation of Animal Products and Poultry Products (Amendment) Order 1982

• Citation: S.I. 1982/948
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

This order may be cited as the Importation of Animal Products and Poultry Products (Amendment) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 9th August 1982.

Section 2 Amendment of principal Order

The Importation of Animal Products and Poultry Products Order 1980 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) for Article 2 there shall be substituted the following Article—

Extension of definition of “poultry” and “disease”

(2) For the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 (“the 1981 Act”) in its application to this order—

(a) the definition of “poultry” in section 87(4) of the 1981 Act is hereby extended so as to comprise grouse, ostriches, quails, snipe and woodcock; and

(b) the definition of “disease” in section 88(1) and (3) of the 1981 Act is hereby extended so as to comprise any disease of animals or birds.

(b) in Article 3 (interpretation) for the definition of “animal” there shall be substituted the following definition—

“ animal ” means any kind of mammal except man

and

(c) in the Schedule (which mentions animal products and poultry products to which the prohibition on landing contained in Article 4(1) does not apply) the words “Steamed bone flour” shall be omitted.