Protection of Animals Kept For Farming Purposes Act, 1984
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Definitions. |
1.—In this Act— | |
“authorised person” means a person, being an officer of the Minister but not being a veterinary surgeon, who is authorised in writing by the Minister to be an authorised person for the purposes of this Act; | ||
“inspector” means a person, being a veterinary surgeon, who is appointed in writing by the Minister to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act; | ||
“intensive unit” means a building or structure which is of a type or description which for the time stands specified in regulations under section 6 of this Act, or any other building or structure which is one in which animals are kept under a husbandry system relying, for the purpose of providing for the care of the animals, on automatic equipment to such an extent that a failure of that equipment would, if it were not rectified or if some other suitable provision were not made for the care of the animals, cause the animals unnecessary suffering; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister; | ||
“unnecessary suffering” means, in relation to an animal, pain, distress or suffering that in its kind or degree, or in its object, or in the circumstances in which it occurs, is unreasonable or unnecessary; | ||
“veterinary surgeon” means any person lawfully qualified to practise veterinary surgery in the State. |