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(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, "disease" means cattle plague, pleuro-pneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease, sheep-pox, sheep scab, or swine fever, subject to subsection (2) below.
(2)The Ministers may by order for all or any of the purposes of this Act extend the definition of " disease " in subsection (1) above so that it shall for those or any of those purposes comprise any other disease of animals.
(3)In this Act, in so far as it applies to poultry, and unless the context otherwise requires, " disease ", means—
(a)fowl pest in any of its forms, including Newcastle disease and fowl plague ; and
(b)fowl cholera, infectious bronchitis, infectious laryngotracheitis, pullorum disease, fowl typhoid, fowl pox and fowl paralysis,
subject to subsection (4) below.
(4)The Ministers may by order for all or any of the purposes of this Act—
(a)extend the definition of " disease" in subsection (3) above so that it shall for those or any of those purposes comprise any other disease of birds; or
(b)restrict that definition so that it shall for those or any of those purposes exclude any of the diseases mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (3).
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