The Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997

means an individual who acts on behalf of another person;

includes bird;

means poultry and domestic birds.

means all domestic animals of the bovine species;

means the European Community;

means all domestic animals of the caprine species;

means a horse, pony, ass, hinny or mule;

means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 by the Minister or by a local authority, and when used in relation to an officer of the Ministry, includes a veterinary inspector;

means transport from place of departure to place of destination;

means those parts (including detachable parts) of road vehicles, rail wagons, vessels and aircraft used for loading and carrying animals;

includes the wall of any pen;

includes a box or stall;

means all domestic animals of the porcine species;

means, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the place at which the animal is first loaded on to a means of transport, or any place where the animals have been unloaded and accommodated for 24 hours or more, watered, fed and, if necessary, cared for, but excluding any transfer point or place where animals are rested in the course of a journey;

means the place at which an animal is finally unloaded from a means of transport, but excluding any transfer point or place where animals are rested in the course of a journey;

means— (a) domestic fowl;

includes the door of a vehicle or rail wagon which is used as a loading ramp and any loading bridge or gangway;

means any crate, box or other rigid container used for the transport of animals which is not self-propelled and does not form a part (whether detachable or not) of a means of transport;

means a continuous period in the course of a journey during which animals are not being moved by a means of transport;

means any domestic animal of the ovine species;

has the meaning assigned to it by section 21(1) of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.

means a place where transport is interrupted in order to transfer animals from one means of transport to another;

means any movement of animals, effected by a means of transport, and includes loading and unloading the animals;

means transport in the course of a trade or business;

means any natural or legal person transporting animals— (a) on his own account, (b) for the account of a third party, or (c) by providing a third party with a means of transport of animals, where such transport is of a commercial nature and carried out for the purpose of gain;

means in relation to the transport of animals by road, any vehicle (including a trailer of any description and the detachable body of a vehicle) constructed or adapted for use on a road;

includes hovercraft;

means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981.