The Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012

Interpretation E+W

2.  In these Regulations—

“group care plan” means a written plan of the care to be provided for each social group of licensed animals;

“individual care plan” means—

(a)

for a licensed animal that is not part of a social group, a written plan of the care to be provided for that animal; or

(b)

for all other licensed animals, a written plan that supplements the applicable group care plan so as to make provision specific to an individual licensed animal;

“lead veterinary surgeon” means the veterinary surgeon appointed under paragraph 6(1) of Condition 6 of the licensing conditions;

“licence” means a licence to operate a travelling circus;

“licensed animal” means a wild animal kept in a travelling circus in respect of which a licence has been applied for or obtained in accordance with regulation 4;

“licensing conditions” means the conditions set out in the Schedule;

“operator” means a person responsible for the operation of a travelling circus;

“social group” means licensed animals that are kept as part of a socially compatible group;

“travelling circus” means—

(a)

a circus—

(i)

which travels from place to place for the purpose of giving performances, displays or exhibitions, and

(ii)

as part of which wild animals are kept or introduced (whether for the purpose of performance, display or otherwise); and

(b)

any place where a wild animal associated with such a circus is kept;

“wild animal” means an animal that is a member of a species not normally domesticated in Great Britain.