The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Animal Welfare Act 2006;

“adult dog” (“ci llawndwf”) means a dog which is not less than 6 months old;

“general condition” (“amod cyffredinol”) means the conditions set out in Schedule 2;

“kitten” (“cath fach”) means a cat aged less than 6 months;

“licence” (“trwydded”), except as the context otherwise requires in regulation 10(1)(b) or where more specifically provided, means a licence to carry on a licensable activity granted or renewed under these Regulations and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;

“licence conditions” (“amodau trwydded”) means—

(a)

the general conditions, and

(b)

the relevant specific conditions;

“licensable activity” (“gweithgaredd trwyddedadwy”) means an activity described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1;

“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means the council for a county or county borough in Wales;

“operator” (“gweithredwr”) means an individual who—

(a)

carries on, attempts to carry on or knowingly allows to be carried on a licensable activity, or

(b)

where a licence has been granted or renewed, is the licence holder;

“pet” (“anifail anwes”) means an animal mainly or permanently, or intended to be mainly or permanently, kept by a person for—

(a)

personal interest,

(b)

companionship,

(c)

ornamental purposes, or

(d)

any combination of paragraphs (a) to (c);

“puppy” (“ci bach”) means a dog aged less than 6 months;

“relevant specific conditions” (“amodau penodol perthnasol”) means, in relation to the activity of selling animals as pets (or with a view to their being later resold as pets) as described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, the conditions set out in Schedule 3;

“veterinary surgeon” (“milfeddyg”) means a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons, or the supplementary veterinary register, kept under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1996(1).

(1)

1971 c. 80.