Prohibition on using wild animals in travelling circuses

3 Meaning of “wild animal”

(1) In this Act, a “wild animal” means an animal of a kind that is not commonly domesticated in the British Islands.

(2) Despite subsection (1), regulations may specify for the purposes of this Act a kind of animal—

(a) that is to be regarded as a wild animal;

(b) that is not to be regarded as a wild animal.

(3) In this Act, “animal” has the meaning given by the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45) (see section 1).

(4) In subsection (1), “British Islands” means the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.