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2. In these Regulations—
“1932 Act” means the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932;
“Muntjac” means an animal of the genus Muntiacus; and
“licence” means a licence to keep muntjac under sections 3 (grant and revocation of licences) or 8 (savings in respect of animals kept for exhibition, &c.)(1) of the 1932 Act.
Sections 3 and 8 of the 1932 Act provide for the appropriate department to grant or revoke licences under those sections. Section 11 (interpretation) of the 1932 Act provides that the “appropriate department” means, in Scotland, the Department of Agriculture for Scotland (“DAS”). Section 11 was amended by S.I. 1992/3302. The functions of the DAS were transferred to the Secretary of State by section 1 of the Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c.20). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.
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