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Definitions.
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1.—In this Act—
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the word “Minister” means the Minister for Lands and Agriculture,
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the word “cattle” includes bulls, cows, bullocks, heifers and calves,
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the word “sheep” includes rams, ewes, wethers and lambs,
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the word “pig” includes a boar, sow, hog, or bonham,
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the expression “live stock” includes cattle, sheep and pigs,
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the word “animals” includes any kind of live stock,
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the word “shipowner” includes the master of any ship and every other person authorised to act as agent for the owner of such ship or entitled to receive the freight, demurrage, or other charges in respect of such ship,
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the expression “British authorities” means the Minister or other officer or person having for the time being authority by law in Great Britain to require animals to be slaughtered in consequence of an outbreak or suspected outbreak or apprehended danger of foot and mouth disease, and
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the expression “the Diseases of Animals Acts” means the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1914.
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