Section 6 InterpretationI1

In this Act—

• “activity regulations” means regulations under section 1(1)(c);

• “animal” means a vertebrate other than a human;

• “appropriate national authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Northern Ireland—

     1. (i)

        the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, or

     2. (ii)

        the Secretary of State acting with the consent of the Department;

• “appropriate national legislation” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to England, the Animal Welfare Act 2006;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Northern Ireland, the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 16 (N.I.));

• references to “offering” to sell include making an invitation to treat;

• “relevant part of the United Kingdom” means England or Northern Ireland;

• “vertebrate” means any animal of the Sub-phylum Vertebrata of the Phylum Chordata.