Exported Cattle Protection Order, 1957
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1957/170 |
| Year | 1957 |
1957 No. 170
The Exported Cattle Protection Order, 19576thFebruary 1957
26thFebruary 1957
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 1, 20 and 23 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1950(d), and section 11 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1954(e), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order as follows:—
Citation and Commencement
1. This Order, which may be cited as the Exported Cattle Protection Order, 1957, shall come into operation on the 26th day of February, 1957.
(a) S.R. & O. 1947/1175 (Rev. II, p. 317: 1947 I, p. 82).
(b) S.R. & O. 1941/312 (Rev. II, p. 518: 1941 I, p. 77).
(c) S.R. & O. 1942/1794 (Rev. II, p. 519: 1942 I, p. 18).
(d) 14 Geo. 6. c. 36.
(e) 2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 39.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them—
"the Act" means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1950, as amended or extended by any other enactment;
"approved premises" has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3 of this Order;
"cattle" means bulls, cows, oxen, heifers and calves;
"inspector" means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of the Act by the Minister or by a local authority and, when used in relation to a person appointed by the Minister, includes a veterinary inspector;
"local authority" means a local authority for the purposes of the Act;
"master" includes any person having the charge or command of a vessel, except the pilot;
"Minister" and "Ministry" means the Minister and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food respectively;
"pilot", in relation to an aircraft, means the pilot or other person having the command or charge of the aircraft;
"rest period" has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3 (2) of this Order.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889(a), shall apply to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Provisions for the purpose of protecting exported cattle from unnecessary suffering during carriage by sea or air
3.—(1) No person shall ship, or permit to be shipped, any cattle by sea or by air from any place in Great Britain to any place in Europe outside the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland, unless immediately before being loaded in the ship or aircraft in which they are to be carried they have been rested by detention for the rest period defined by the succeeding paragraph of this Article on premises (hereinafter referred to as "approved premises") which
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