{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-mutilations-permitted-procedures-england-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110757797",
  "legislation_title": "The Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-mutilations-permitted-procedures-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Animal Welfare Act 2006;\n“cattle” means all animals of the bovine species including bison and buffalo;\n“desnooding” means removal of a turkey’s snood;\n“disbudding” means removal of the horn bud of cattle, goats or sheep;\n“domestic fowl” means a domesticated member of the species gallus gallus;\n“dubbing” means removal of the comb of a domestic fowl;\n“farmed” means, in relation to an animal, bred or kept for the production of food, wool or skin or for other farming purposes;\n“horses” includes ponies, asses, donkeys, jennets and mules;\n“in velvet” means, in relation to the antlers of a deer, until the velvet is frayed and the greater part of it has been shed;\n“laying hen” means a hen of the species gallus gallus which has reached laying maturity and is kept for production of eggs not intended for hatching;\n“poultry” means domestic fowl, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea fowl, quails, pheasants and partridges;\n“prohibited procedure” means a procedure which involves interference with the sensitive tissues or bone structure of an animal, otherwise than for the purpose of its medical treatment;\n“suitable instrument” means in relation to any procedure, an instrument that is in a fit state of repair and has been designed, or is of a kind commonly used, for the purpose of performing that procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110757797/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:18:26.045435+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}