S.L. 439.27 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 439.  Cap. 363.

In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Animal Welfare Act;

"controller" means the official responsible designated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation);

"Director" means the Director for Animal Welfare as defined in the Act;

"feeder" means any person registered with the Local Council who feeds and takes care of a colony of stray cats in conformity with the Act;

"Local Council" means the respective Local Council as established by article 3 of Local Government Act of the area where the feeding takes place;

"Register" means a register of cat feeders kept by the Local Council containing details in accordance with regulation 5;

"stray cat" means any cat of the species which Felis catus does not have a home or that is not registered by means of a microchip on a specific owner or keeper or is outside the bounds of its owner's or keeper's household and that is not under the control or direct supervision of any owner or keeper:

Provided that any cats of the species Felis catus that are microchipped under a Local Council are also considered stray cats.