43A. Power to issue directions

Terms defined in this Act

• animal

  animal

  Defined · s 2

  “animal” means any mammal (other than man) or fish and includes any other living creature that is prescribed as an animal for the purposes of this Act or that falls within a class of animals that is prescribed for those purposes;

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• animal‑related business

  animal‑related business

  Defined · s 41

  “animal‑related business” means —(a)the operation of any place or establishment for the purpose of —(i)using or holding animals for display, sport, entertainment, sale, breeding or conservation; or(ii)the care, boarding, grooming, treatment, vaccination, inoculation, training or destruction of animals, for reward;(b)the provision of any service relating to the care, boarding, grooming, treatment, vaccination, inoculation, training, transportation, capture or destruction of animals, for reward; or(c)the operation of any animal rescue or welfare organisation or facility,but does not include any business in respect of animals intended for consumption;

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• Director‑General

  Director‑General

  Defined · s 2

  “Director‑General” means the Director‑General, Animal Health and Welfare appointed under section 3(1);

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• employment

  employment

  Defined · s 41

  “employment”, in relation to an animal‑related business, includes the holding of the office, or purporting to act in the capacity, of a director, manager, partner, secretary or other analogous position in the animal‑related business;

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• owner

  owner

  Defined · s 2

  “owner” includes any person for the time being in charge of any animal or bird and any person for the time being in occupation of any building;

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