Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “authorised person” has the meaning given by regulation 12;

• “keeper” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to an assistance dog (within the meaning of section 173 of the Equality Act 2010)^f1—

     1. (i)

        while the dog is training to work, or is working, as an assistance dog, the body responsible for the dog’s training and allocation;

     2. (ii)

        after the dog has ceased working as an assistance dog, the person with whom it normally resides;

  2. (b)

     in relation to a puppy which has not yet left its mother, the owner of the puppy’s mother; and

  3. (c)

     in relation to a cat or a dog not specified in paragraph (a) or (b), the person with whom the animal normally resides.

• “local authority” means—

  1. (a)

     where there is a unitary authority, within the meaning of regulation 2(3) of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994^f2, that authority;

  2. (b)

     where there is not a unitary authority—

     1. (i)

        in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county or the council of a district within the county area;

     2. (ii)

        in each London Borough, the council of that Borough;

     3. (iii)

        in the City of London, the Common Council; or

     4. (iv)

        in the Isles of Scilly, the Council of the Isle of Scilly;

• “microchipped” means microchipped in accordance with regulation 3(4).