# Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024, Paragraph 19: Animals

Extent: S

(1) Assisting persons to promote, protect or improve—
(a) animal health and welfare,
(b) animal genetic resources.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, “animal” means a vertebrate (other than a human) or invertebrate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/11/schedule/1/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-and-rural-communities-scotland-act-2024/schedule-1/paragraph-19
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