3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In these regulations –

Act means the Animal Welfare Act 1993 ;

bitch means a female dog;

characteristics, in respect of an individual dog, include the age, breed, size, physiological status and health;

dam, in relation to a puppy, means the bitch that gave birth to the puppy;

date of whelping means the date on which the first puppy of a litter is born;

direct supervision – see regulation 4 ;

dog – means an animal of the species Canis familiaris;

facility – see regulation 5 ;

incompatible dog means a dog that, on at least two separate occasions, interacts with another dog in a manner that causes injury to, or fear or distress in, the other dog;

new owner, in relation to the rehoming of a dog, means the person –

(a) to whom care or charge of the dog is permanently given; or

(b) to whom the dog is otherwise sold;

person in charge, in relation to a facility, includes –

(a) the owner of the facility; and

(b) the manager of the facility;

pound means a pound established under the Local Government Act 1993 ;

puppy means a dog that –