The Docking of Working Dogs’ Tails (Certification and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;

“club official” means a person who serves a live quarry shooting club in an official capacity;

“gamekeeper” means a person engaged by another person with shooting rights to preserve, protect or rear animals and to manage or assist with the management of a shoot;

“HMRC identification” means evidence that the person presenting the identification is an employee of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs;

“land-occupier” means a person who occupies land where a shoot takes place;

“person with shooting rights” means an owner or lessee of shooting rights;

“police identification” means evidence that the person presenting the identification is an officer of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, or is otherwise employed by or contracted to work for the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

“prison service identification” means evidence that the person presenting the identification is an authorised employee of the Northern Ireland Prison Service;

“shoot” means an occasion on which animals are shot for sporting purposes;

“shoot organiser” means any person responsible for the overall organisation of a shoot;

“specified type of work” means work in connection with law enforcement, lawful pest control, or the lawful shooting of animals.