Article 4 Interpretation of this PartI1

In this Part—

• “certificate of exemption” means a certificate issued under article 6 or any replacement or new certificate issued under article 11(5) or article 12(1),

• “holder”, in relation to a certificate of exemption, includes a natural person who has inherited the dog to which the certificate relates following the death of the original holder,

• “original holder” means the holder named in a certificate of exemption,

• “rehoming organisation” means an organisation—

  1. (a)

     whose purposes are, or include—

     1. (i)

        the provision of care to dogs that have been abandoned or relinquished by their previous owners, and

     2. (ii)

        the rehoming of dogs taken into the organisation’s care, and

  2. (b)

     which was carrying on the activities described in paragraph (a)(i) and (ii) on 23 February 2024.