# The Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“attending veterinary surgeon” means a veterinary surgeon attending a track pursuant to Condition 1 of the licensing conditions;
“licence” means a licence to manage a track;
“licensing conditions” means those conditions set out in the Schedule;
“local authority” means—
(a) where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994, a unitary authority for a local government area, that authority;
(b) where there is not a unitary authority—
(i) in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;
(ii) in a non-metropolitan county, any council of any district in that county;
(iii) in each London borough, the council of that borough; or
(iv) in the city of London, the Common Council;
“operator” means, except in Part 2 of the Schedule, a person responsible for managing a track;
“owner” means an individual who owns a greyhound, or a representative of a partnership, unincorporated association or company that has ownership of a greyhound;
“race” means the competing of running greyhounds at premises where facilities for betting are being provided in relation to that activity either at those premises or elsewhere;
“sales trial” means the timing of a greyhound as it runs for the purpose of selling it;
“track” means premises where a race, trial or sales trial occurs; and
“trial” means the timing of a greyhound as it runs for the purpose of determining its position, or race category, in relation to any subsequent race.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111490914/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-racing-greyhounds-regulations-2010/regulation-2
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