13Interpretation of Part

13 Interpretation of Part

In this Part –

castration, of a sheep, includes any procedure performed on the sheep to temporarily, or permanently, sterilise the sheep;

mulesing, in relation to a sheep, means the removal of skin from the breech, or tail, of the sheep using mulesing shears;

mulesing shears means a set of shears with sharp blades, that have rounded points, that are specifically designed for mulesing a sheep;

skin, of a sheep, includes the wool follicles of the sheep but does not include sub-dermal tissue;

tail docking, in respect of a sheep, means the removal of any part of the tail of the sheep other than wool.