s.2Interpretation
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Section 2Part 1 — Preliminary

Interpretation

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"animal" includes live mammals, reptiles (other than marine turtles), amphibians, birds, fish, invertebrates and insects;
"animal welfare officer" means a person appointed under section 84;
"biological product" means any product derived from a living organism and includes substances used for the treatment or diagnosis of animal disease, and sera, vaccines, antigens, hormones and semen;
"captive animal" means any animal not being a domestic species of animal which is in captivity, confined or otherwise reduced into possession of control;
"carcass" means the body of any animal and includes any part thereof whether processed or fresh;
"cattle" includes bulls, cows, oxen, heifers and calves;
"Cayman waters" means all the water surrounding the Islands within a distance of twelve nautical miles from the sea-shore, inland waters and the North Sound of Grand Cayman;
"close season" with respect to any animal or class of animals, means the season of the year prescribed by regulation when such animals are not to be taken or hunted;
"Committee" means the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee established under section 66;
"Crown land" means land vested in the Governor and not leased to any person;
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Agriculture and any person authorised by the Director;
"distrainer" means the owner of any land trespassed upon by any cattle, sheep, goat or pig, who seizes and detains such animal and includes any person acting under the authority of such owner;
"domestic animal" means any animal which is naturally tame or is tamed or in the process of being tamed for serving some purpose for the use of mankind;
"game bird" means any bird specified as such in Schedule 1 of the National Conservation Act. 2013 [Law 24 of 2013];
"horses" include mules, hinnies and asses;
"hunt" means to kill, capture, pursue or wilfully molest by any method or agent any animal and includes any attempt so to do;
"livestock" means any domestic animal kept for profit;
"master" in relation to a vessel, includes the pilot of an aircraft or hovercraft;
"Minister" means the minister responsible for the time being for agriculture;
"National Conservation Council" means the National Conservation Council established under section 3 of the National Conservation Act, 2013[Law 24 of 2013];
"notifiable disease" means African horse sickness, African swine fever, anaplasmosis, anthrax, avian leukosis complex, babesiasis, blue tongue, brucellosis, contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia, cow pox (variola vaccina), epizootic abortion, epizootic lymphangitis, equine encephalitis (groups A and B), equine infectious anaemia, foot and mouth disease, fowl cholera, fowl pest (salmonella pullorum and gillinarum infections), glanders, haemorrhagic septicemia, infectious laryngotracheitis, Johne's disease, leptospirosis, melioidosis, psittacosis, rabies, rinderpest, sarcoptic mange of horse, sheep pox (variola ovina), sheep scab (psoroptic mange of sheep), swine erysipelas, swine fever, theileriasis, trichimoniasis, trypanosomiasis (including dourine, mal de caderas, surrah and trypanosoma vivax infections), tuberculosis, tularemia, vesicular stomatitis, vibriosis and such other diseases as the Cabinet may, from time to time by order under section 19, declare to be notifiable diseases within the meaning of this Act;
"operating licence" means a licence issued under section 29;
"owner" of an animal includes any person for the time being having control of such animal and the occupant of any dwelling place or farm where such animal is kept;
"pet animal" means an animal kept for companionship or amusement;
"prescribed" means prescribed by this Act or any regulation;
"protected animal" means every animal specified in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 of the National Conservation Act. 2013 [Law 24 of 2013];
"public place" means any street, road or other place (whether or not enclosed) to which the public have or are permitted to have access whether for payment or otherwise and includes the common parts of a building containing two or more separate buildings;
"sanctuary" means an animal sanctuary as designated in Schedule 4 of the National Conservation Act. 2013 [Law 24 of 2013];
"sell" includes to offer or expose for sale;
"specified town" means any town specified by the Cabinet to be such for the purpose of section 37;
"stray" means an animal found in any public place, or on any premises other than the premises on which the animal is being kept or is for the time being allowed to remain, but shall not include any animal that is accompanied by, and under the direct control of, any person who is capable of exercising control over it;.
"take" means to take or capture any animal from its natural habitat, and "taking" and other cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; and
"vessel" includes ship, boat, carriage, aircraft and hovercraft.

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