http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/40/section/1/enactedProtection of Animals (Amendment) Act 2000What's onKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2021-08-03 1 1 Sections 2 to 4 apply where— a a person who is mentioned in subsection (3) (referred to in this Act as “the prosecutor”) has brought proceedings for an offence under section 1 of the Protection of Animals Act 1911 (referred to in this Act as “the 1911 Act”) against the owner of the animals to which the offence relates; and b the proceedings have not been discontinued or otherwise disposed of. 2 But those sections only apply in relation to an animal which the owner keeps or has kept for commercial purposes. 3 The persons referred to in subsection (1) are— a the Director of Public Prosecutions; b a Crown Prosecutor; c a government department; d a local authority; e in relation to a prosecution in England, a person who, at the request of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, has entered into a written agreement under which he may perform the functions conferred on a prosecutor by virtue of this Act; f in relation to a prosecution in Wales, a person who, at the request of the National Assembly for Wales, has entered into a written agreement under which he may perform the functions conferred on a prosecutor by virtue of this Act. 1911 c. 27.