Cattle Cleansing Act
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—"cattle" means bulls, cows, heifers, calves and oxen;"cattle cleansing area" means any area declared under section 4 of this Act to be a cattle cleansing area;"cattle owner" includes any person possessing jointly or severally any right, title or interest in any cattle or having the charge, control or management of any cattle;"clean" means to free and maintain free from tick infestation any cattle by the spraying of such cattle or the submersion of such cattle in a dipping tank containing an effective tick destroying agent, and where necessary by hand dressing and clipping, in such a manner as the Director may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, prescribe; and, subject to the foregoing, the Director may prescribe different methods of cleaning for different cattle cleansing areas;"clean area" means any area declared by the Director by notice in the Gazette to be free from East Coast Fever and to be a clean area;"dipping" means the complete immersion of cattle in a dipping tank containing an effective tick-destroying agent;"dipping tank" means any effective contrivance approved by the Director for the cleaning of cattle by submersion and includes structures incidental thereto;"Director" means the Director of Veterinary Services;"effective tick destroying agent" means an aqueous solution containing arsenious oxide or other ingredients in such percentage or proportion as the Director may, from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, prescribe and the Director may prescribe different solutions for different cattle cleansing areas;"engorged tick" means any tick obviously distended with blood;"guard area" means any holding or part of a holding within a clean area which has a common boundary with any infected area within such clean area;"holding" means—Source: Kenya Law