The New Forest (Confirmation of the Byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest) Order 2010

1.  In these byelaws, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appropriate payment” means the appropriate payment fixed by the Verderers in accordance with section 23(3) of the New Forest Act 1877 as varied by these byelaws;

“bovine animal” includes, unless the context otherwise requires, bull, cow, ox, steer, heifer and calf;

“commoner” means a person owning animals entitled to be in the Forest in the circumstances set out in byelaw 4 below;

“the Forest” means the New Forest as defined in section 3 of the New Forest Act 1877 as read with section 1 of the New Forest Act 1964(1);

“horse” means equine animal and includes pony, donkey and mule;

“marked” means, in relation to any year, marked by any method of identification approved by the Verderers for that year;

“pig” means porcine animal and includes boar, sow and piglet;

“sheep” means ovine animal and includes ram, ewe and lamb; and

“Verderers” means Verderers of the Forest and includes their duly authorised servants or agents except in byelaws 2, 4, 8(1), 11, 16(2), 17, 20(5) and 20(7).

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1964 c. 83.