There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Act 2018, Section 2.
(1)In this Act, “wild animal” means an animal other than one of a kind that is commonly domesticated in the British Islands.
(2)For the purpose of subsection (1), an animal is of a kind that is domesticated if the behaviour, life cycle or physiology of animals of that kind has been altered as a result of the breeding or living conditions of multiple generations of animals of that kind being under human control.
(3)In this section—
“animal” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (see section 16 of that Act),
“British Islands” has the meaning given in schedule 1 of the Interpretation Act 1978.
Commencement Information
I1S. 2 in force at 28.5.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/149, reg. 2
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