9(1)The preceding provisions of this Schedule shall, with the necessary adaptations, apply in relation to trades other than farming, and trades consisting only in part of farming as they apply in relation to farming, and references to farmers shall be construed accordingly.
(2)Those provisions shall (both in relation to farming and in relation to other trades) apply in relation to living creatures other than animals as they apply in relation to animals.
(3)Laying birds shall be treated for the purposes of this Schedule as becoming mature when they first lay.
(4)The provisions of this Schedule shall (both in relation to farming and in relation to other trades) apply, with the necessary adaptations [F1—
(a)in relation to animals or other creatures kept singly as they apply in relation to herds; and
(b)in relation to shares in animals or other creatures as they apply in relation to animals or other creatures themselves.]
(5)Nothing in this Schedule shall apply in relation to any animal or other creature kept wholly or mainly for public exhibition or for racing or other competitive purposes.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 5 para. 9(4) substituted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), s. 76(2)(3)