The Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2024

General Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Animal Welfare Act 2006;

“keep” has the meaning given in regulation 3;

“licence conditions” means the conditions set out in Schedule 1;

“licence period”, in relation to a primate licence, means the period for which the licence has effect;

“primate” means an animal of any species, other than homo sapiens, which belongs to the order Primates;

“primate licence” means a licence under Part 2;

“suitable person”, in relation to an inspection arranged by a local authority, means—

(a)

a veterinarian; or

(b)

any other person who, in the view of the local authority, is suitably qualified and competent to carry out the inspection;

“veterinarian” means a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons or the supplementary veterinary register kept under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966(1).

(1)

1966 c. 36; section 2(2) was amended by paragraph 1 of the Schedule to S.I. 2003/2919, paragraph 2 of the Schedule to S.I. 2008/1824 and regulation 2(3) of S.I. 2019/454.